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Why 90% of Startups Fail

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Building in Isolation

You spend months building features you think customers want, only to discover they don't care about your solution.
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No Clear Validation Process

You're not sure if your idea is good, who your customers are, or how to systematically test your assumptions.
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Endless Pivoting

Without a framework, you're constantly changing direction based on gut feelings instead of real customer data.
Ash Maurya

Hi, I'm Ash Maurya
Creator of Lean Canvas & Author of Running Lean

I'm the author of two bestselling books, Running Lean and Scaling Lean, the creator of the popular 1-page business modeling tool, Lean Canvas, and the curator of the Continuous Innovation Framework.

Learn more about me and my work.

I'm also the founder of LEANSTACK - a Continuous Innovation Platform that helps accelerators and universities create more successful startups.

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The Complete Founder Journey

The systematic path from idea to successful business

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Business Model Design

$197 • Cohort-based

Work through the systematic business model design playbook to stress-test your idea before investing additional resources. Most founders complete the core content within 30 days and end up with a solid foundation for validation.

✓ Clear business model + stress-tested assumptions (Founder/Model Fit)
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Demand Validation Playbook

$397 • Cohort-based
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Test your assumptions with actual customers through structured interviews and experiments. Use the Demo-Sell-Build framework to validate demand before building a product.

✓ Validated customer demand + pricing (Problem/Solution Fit)
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Value Delivery Playbook

$697 • Cohort-based
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Build and launch your minimum valuable product (MVP) based on validated learning and systematically iterate it to product/market fit using a 10X Launch Strategy designed to tackle your riskiest assumptions first.

✓ Working repeatable and scalable business model (Product/Market Fit)
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