Learn from how Netflix mastered 24-hour disc shipping

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Heather McGough piece about how Netflix began as a shoestring startup bolstered by a group of passionate entrepreneurs with a crazy idea, and persistent Lean Startup experimentation ensured the company didn’t fail.

The article walks you some mantras:

  • Anything can be an experiment
  • Define the important metrics
  • Create business partnerships
  • Don’t quit after the first (or 101st) try

With Lean Startup, you sometimes invalidate your idea and prove you should stop trying because there’s a better way or better idea. Continuous innovation means working through experiments to find the best way of doing something and then saying, “I bet we could do one better.”

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