Some key themes and topics in **Eric Ries's "The Lean Startup"** that can help you draw connections to other books in a library include:
* **Lean manufacturing and thinking** This refers to applying lean principles, like those pioneered by Toyota, to startup management in order to improve how startups are managed 【1】【2】.
* **Entrepreneurship and startups** The book provides a set of practices for helping entrepreneurs increase their odds of building a successful startup 【3】【4】. It defines what an entrepreneur and startup are and articulates a new way for startups to be successful 【5】.
* **Innovation** The book emphasizes themes of disruptive innovation and enabling growth in companies across different industries and economic sectors 【2】.
* **The scientific method** The book uses the scientific method for product development 【2】.
* **Product development** Ries implemented lean manufacturing principles to product development at IMVU 【6】. The book focuses on building a product and optimizing it to reach a market-product fit and growth 【7】.
* **Methodology** The book outlines the lean startup methodology, a framework for startup development that prioritizes rapid prototyping, validated learning, and iterative product development 【8】.
* **Idea validation** A key concept is validating ideas early and often, instead of spending months or years building a product and hoping that customers will love it 【9】.
* **Build-Measure-Learn** The book operates around the Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop 【10】.
* **Innovation accounting** The book advocates for a shift in measuring progress, away from vanity metrics towards actionable insights 【11】.
