lean-startup
Design MVPs, validated learning experiments, and pivot-or-persevere decisions using Build-Measure-Learn. Use when the user mentions "MVP scope", "validated learning", "pivot or persevere", "vanity metrics", "test assumptions", "innovation accounting", "build-measure-learn", "minimum viable experiment", "should we pivot", "test a business idea cheaply", or "build the smallest version first". Also trigger when deciding what to include in a first version, measuring startup progress, or evaluating whether to change direction on a product bet. Covers innovation accounting and actionable metrics. Fo
npx skills add wondelai/skills --skill lean-startup --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Lean Startup Methodology A systematic approach to building startups and launching new products that shortens development cycles and rapidly discovers whether a business model is viable. ## Core Principle **Entrepreneurship is a form of management.** Success doesn't require a perfect plan or brilliant insight—it requires a systematic process for testing assumptions, learning from customers, and iterating rapidly. Most startups fail not because they couldn't build what they planned, but because they built the wrong thing: treat every plan as a set of hypotheses to falsify, and spend effort to eliminate waste and accelerate **validated learning**, not to execute a fixed roadmap. ## Scoring **Goal: 10/10.** Score a plan, experiment, or metric set by the five Quick Diagnostic rows—**1 point each** when the answer is yes, **2 points** when it is also backed by evidence on the Validation Ladder (Level 3+): - **9-10:** every leap-of-faith assumption named and ranked by risk, the riskiest tested by a real MVP, actionable metrics defined, and explicit pivot criteria set before building. - **5-6:** a hypothesis and some MVP exist, but metrics are vanity or pivot criteria are undefined—decis
- Core Principle
- Scoring
- The Build-Measure-Learn Loop
- Validated Learning
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- Leap-of-Faith Assumptions
- Innovation Accounting
- 1. Establish the Baseline
- 2. Tune the Engine
- 3. Pivot or Persevere
- Actionable vs. Vanity Metrics
- Pivot or Persevere
- The Three Engines of Growth
- 1. Sticky Engine of Growth
What does the lean-startup skill do?
Design MVPs, validated learning experiments, and pivot-or-persevere decisions using Build-Measure-Learn. Use when the user mentions "MVP scope", "validated learning", "pivot or persevere", "vanity metrics", "test assumptions", "innovation accounting", "build-measure-learn", "minimum viable experiment", "should we pivot", "test a business idea cheaply", or "build the smallest version first". Also trigger when deciding what to include in a first version, measuring startup progress, or evaluating whether to change direction on a product bet. Covers innovation accounting and actionable metrics. Fo
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add wondelai/skills --skill lean-startup --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From wondelai/skills, a repository with 1,835 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.