Eric Ries

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Trying to change how startups are built formerly @ericries on the bird app

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Eric Ries·Sep 9

There's really good evidence that quarterly reporting is costing the US economy billions. Studies suggest it's at least a 5% tax on the value of every company that forced to report this way. It's time to do something about it: www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

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Eric Ries·Feb 6

In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I sit down with @craignewmark.bsky.social, the founder of Craigslist—one of the internet’s most influential platforms. Despite its massive impact, Craigslist has remained intentionally minimalist, resisting the hyper-monetization strategies common in tech.

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Eric Ries·Nov 28

Happy Thanksgiving Bluesky friends

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Szabolcs Marka, a professor of physics at Columbia University, recommends Incorruptible to inventors, innovators, and researchers.

Quote card: Szabolcs Marka, professor of physics at Columbia University, recommending Incorruptible to inventors, innovators, and researchers, and noting that research organizations are vulnerable like companies — brilliant missions can drift, strong cultures can weaken, incentives can quietly reshape behavior.
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Zita Cobb's Shorefast — and the Fogo Island Inn — is one of the companies profiled in Incorruptible. She posted this when the book came out.

Quote card: Zita Cobb, founder/CEO of Shorefast and the Fogo Island Inn, on Incorruptible — 'At last! Eric Ries' excellent new book INCORRUPTIBLE is out!... it matters who owns what... So proud that Shorefast gets a section in it.'
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Eric Ries·2d

Please keep sending me your corruption stories! I can barely keep track of them all, and I say that as someone who has been researching this topic for years

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Masters of Scale named Incorruptible to its 2026 Summer Reading List — eleven books for the year.

Quote card: Masters of Scale summer reading list blurb for Incorruptible — 'When mission-driven companies lose their way, it's rarely bad actors — it's bad structure. Eric Ries makes the case for designing governance that protects a company's purpose from the gravitational pull of success, drawing on decades advising founders.'
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Steve Blank on Incorruptible.

Quote card: Steve Blank on Incorruptible — reading this book is like taking the red pill in the Matrix, the book that will rebuild the corporate and startup world after the next financial crash.
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Marty Cagan reviewed and strongly endorsed The Lean Startup fifteen years ago. This week he wrote about Incorruptible.

Quote card: Marty Cagan, founder of Silicon Valley Product Group and author of Inspired, Empowered, and Transformed, on Incorruptible — 'If you're considering starting a company, then reading this book may be the single most important business book you'll read.'
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Eric Ries·Jul 3

Frances Frei, a professor at Harvard Business School, on Incorruptible.

Quote card: Frances Frei of Harvard Business School on Incorruptible — she usually reads in silence, but reading Incorruptible she was LOUD, shouting, exclaiming, hooting and hollering.
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Eric Ries·Jul 2

Raj Singh, co-founder of Purpose.app, on Incorruptible.

Quote card: Raj Singh, co-founder and CEO of Purpose.app, on Incorruptible — most companies don't get killed by competitors, they get corrupted slowly, one reasonable decision at a time.
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Eric Ries·Jul 1

A founder told me he had to pause one of my early podcast episodes halfway through. Here's what he saw.

Reader quote card: Mark Selleck, founder of 360Insight, recalls pausing an Eric Ries podcast episode in complete shock at hearing that the purpose of corporations is to maximize human flourishing.
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Eric Ries·Jul 1

I've had a lot of reactions to Incorruptible. This is the first time someone compared it to taking the red pill.

Reader quote card: Brandon T. Fong says Incorruptible made him feel like he'd taken the red pill in the Matrix — shocking truths, but mixed with hope and a clear roadmap to protect the soul of companies.
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