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The Lean Startup is a business methodology that prioritizes rapid experimentation, validated learning, and iterative product development to minimize market risk and reduce the need for extensive upfront capital. It advocates for building a minimum viable product (MVP) to test core business hypotheses with real customers, gathering feedback, and pivoting or persevering based on empirical data rather than intuition or long-term planning. This approach, popularized through Eric Ries's book "The Lean Startup" (2011), has profoundly influenced entrepreneurship, venture capital, and corporate innovation, enabling startups to discover sustainable business models more efficiently. Key principles include the build-measure-learn feedback loop, continuous deployment, and actionable metrics, fundamentally altering how new ventures are conceived and scaled.