Eric Ries
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Eric Ries
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Jan 23
Six months of salary. That's what Matt Mullenweg offered every Automattic employee to resign if they didn't believe in the company's direction. About 9% took the offer and left.
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Drew Schiller, founder of Validic, on Incorruptible.
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My conversation with John Reynolds on Extraordinary Life Stories aired on Bloomberg TV this morning. We talked about AI and learning, and why trust is the number one asset a leader has. Full episode: piped.video/watch?v=aobQIEU5…
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Jenny Kassan, a senior attorney, on Incorruptible.
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What is strategy, really? I think of strategy as the bridge between vision and execution. But a bridge isn’t defined only by what it connects. It’s defined by everything it doesn’t cover. Strategy is choosing the narrow path your organization will commit to, while saying no to all the other possibilities that could distract from your mission. Kaihan Krippendorff and I discuss on the Outthinkers Podcast why strategy is ultimately about making deliberate choices in service of your mission. #IncorruptibleBook #Strategy #Leadership #BusinessStrategy #MissionDriven
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Brian Behm
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Oct 1
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You know, and this is very dry because it gets into corporate governance, but we organized Wild Construct from the beginning to force the board to base their success metrics on more than just revenue. Definite inspiration from Eric Ries Incorruptible. But the goal in doing that was to make sure that we could escape fiduciary gravity and build something that could be focused on whether tools are developing better artists and not just whether we were able to eke out an extra percentage point. wildconstruct.com/compact/ the document's worth reading but we put it out because we think other companies should follow us. Anyway, getting off my soapbox but even the thought that someone would end up paying by the keyframe makes me pretty angry.
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Next Wednesday, October 7, I'm speaking at Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series. 4:30pm, NVIDIA Auditorium. It's open to everyone. If you're nearby, come say hello.
Card: Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders lecture with Eric Ries, Stanford, CA, Wednesday October 7, 2026.

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Jason Fagone, a journalist and author, on Incorruptible.
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Thank you to The AI Conference and Tim O'Reilly for yesterday's fireside chat on building AI companies that matter. From an attendee, Jason Yang: “As a data guy I loved that he treats governance as an engineering problem, not a values statement.”
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One of the most meaningful developments to me this fall has been the embrace of Incorruptible in the academy. “My favorite business book of the last five years.” Rebecca Henderson, Harvard Business School
Poster: faculty from more than a dozen universities on Incorruptible by Eric Ries, shown as a brick wall of school-colored bricks with crests. Quotes include Tara Ceranic Salinas (University of San Diego): The best business book I've ever read. Rebecca Henderson (Harvard Business School): My favorite business book of the last five years. Adam Grant (Wharton) and Frances Frei (Harvard Business School) flank the title.

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Dr. Nikolaus Lang, of the BCG Henderson Institute, on Incorruptible.
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Why is it often easier to do the right thing 100% of the time than 98% of the time? As Clay Christensen observed, making a clear commitment removes the temptation to compromise. When your principles are non-negotiable, decisions become simpler and trust becomes easier to build. Joe Hart and I discuss on Take Command: A Dale Carnegie Podcast why strong commitments create stronger organizations. #IncorruptibleBook #Leadership #Trust #CompanyCulture #BusinessStrategy
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Incorruptible keeps building momentum. As September comes to a close, here's a look back at what real readers said about it during just this past month.
Poster: September Readers of Incorruptible. Quotes from readers who posted about the book in September 2026, led by Katie on Goodreads: 6 years at Meta has hardened me as a cynic, and this thawed me a few degrees. Others include: The most hopeful book I've read this decade; The best book on founding that I have ever encountered; Every person should read Incorruptible.

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Sep 30
Eric Ries's (@ericries) One Regret About The Lean Startup: It Never Said "For the Better." What if "best practices" are why great companies get destroyed? Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup and Incorruptible, joins us for a conversation on building companies that last — and what he wishes he had said differently. Takeaways: • “Change the World” Needed Three More Words • Companies “Murdered in the Name of Profit” • 5x More Likely to Reach Year 50 • Every Frontier AI Lab Has a Mission Guardian • The Todd Park Rule • Token Maxxing Is the Ultimate Vanity Metric Full interview: piped.video/watch?v=2NtKUPkg…
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Aleksandr Yampolskiy, co-founder and CEO of SecurityScorecard, on Incorruptible.
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What if we’ve been defining profit the wrong way? Rather than thinking of for-profit companies as vehicles for maximizing shareholder returns, what if we saw them as organizations that maximize human flourishing? The real goal isn’t founder control or investor control. It’s building mission-controlled companies that create lasting value. Kuba Filipowski and I discuss on the Next in Commerce Podcast why it’s time to rethink what it means to be a for-profit business. #IncorruptibleBook #MissionDriven #BusinessStrategy #Leadership #NextInCommerce
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Today at The AI Conference: Tim O'Reilly and I are talking about building AI companies that matter. 10:30am, Theater 1, Pier 48, San Francisco. If you're here, come say hello.
The AI Conference fireside chat graphic: Building AI Companies That Matter, with Eric Ries and Tim O'Reilly. San Francisco, Sept 29 to Oct 1, 2026.

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Tomorrow at The AI Conference in San Francisco, I'm talking with Tim O'Reilly about building AI companies that matter. Wednesday, 10:30am, Theater 1, Pier 48. Come say hello.
The AI Conference fireside chat graphic: Building AI Companies That Matter, with Eric Ries and Tim O'Reilly. San Francisco, Sept 29 to Oct 1, 2026.

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