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Eric Ries

@ericries.bsky.social

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Trying to change how startups are built

formerly @ericries on the bird app

New Book coming May 2026: INCORRUPTIBLE: Why Good Companies go bad... And How Great companies Stay Great

Pre-order now and receive exclusive bonuses at: http://incorruptible.co

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@ericries.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 2:30 AM

Wednesday at Stanford: a fireside conversation with Saikat Chaudhuri at the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series. Thank you to everyone at STVP. Photos: Saikat Chaudhuri, Felipe Contreras. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-07...

Eric Ries and Saikat Chaudhuri standing in front of Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders banners.Eric Ries and Saikat Chaudhuri seated on stage for a fireside conversation at Stanford ETL.Students in a Stanford auditorium watching the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders talk, with Eric Ries's name on the screen.
@ericries.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 10:00 PM

Lindsey Grossman on Incorruptible: "It is a wakeup call for any founder who takes the advice of lawyers when setting up incorporation docs and corporate structures" howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-06...

Quote card from Lindsey Grossman, product and GTM leader: It is a wakeup call for any founder who takes the advice of lawyers when setting up incorporation docs and corporate structures without digging in to less common alternatives.
@ericries.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:30 PM

Gerald F. Lackey, PhD, a governance and strategy researcher, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-05...

Quote card: Gerald F. Lackey, PhD, a governance and strategy researcher, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries.
@ericries.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:45 PM

My October. Keynotes: NACD Directors Summit (Oct 13) → Inc. 5000 (Oct 15) → Masters of Scale (Oct 22) Classrooms: IAE Business School (Oct 2) → MIT Sloan (Oct 5) → Duke (Oct 6) → Stanford ETL (Oct 7) → B Academics (Oct 23) → UC Berkeley (Oct 27)

@ericries.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 5:30 PM

Kieran, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-04-06...

Quote card: Kieran, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries.
@ericries.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:15 PM

Next Thursday (October 15) I'll be speaking at the Inc. 5000 Conference in Dallas. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-15...

Event card: Inc. 5000 Conference, Omni Dallas Hotel, Dallas, October 14 to 16, 2026.
@ericries.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:30 PM

"or whatever" is what makes it performance art

@ericries.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:02 PM

Dan Williams, a talent architect for scaling tech companies, on Incorruptible.

Quote card: Dan Williams on Incorruptible by Eric Ries: I enjoyed Incorruptible and idea of mission-locked companies connects with our work helping growing tech teams align strategy, structure, operations, and talent as they scale.
@ericries.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 4:47 AM

aw shucks

@ericries.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 10:01 PM

At Stanford today for the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders lecture, 4:30pm in NVIDIA Auditorium. Say hi if you're there. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-07...

@ericries.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 6:02 PM

Gapingvoid Culture Design Group on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-09...

Quote card: Gapingvoid Culture Design Group on Incorruptible by Eric Ries: Every culture has a bank account.
@ericries.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 1:15 AM

Tomorrow at 4:30pm I'm speaking at Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series, NVIDIA Auditorium. It's open to everyone. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-07...

Card: Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders lecture, Stanford, CA, Wednesday October 7, 2026.
@ericries.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 9:00 PM

Next Tuesday (October 13) I'm giving a main stage talk on Incorruptible at the NACD Directors Summit, the annual meeting of the National Association of Corporate Directors. If you'll be there, let's say hello. www.nacdonline.org/nacd-events/...

@ericries.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:15 PM

Change.org is investing around $100 million of its own money to rebuild its petitions platform. It can commit for the long term because it's a public benefit corporation owned by a nonprofit. www.axios.com/2026/10/02/c...

Quote card: Charlotte Levitt of Change.org on structure and financial gravity, citing Incorruptible by Eric Ries.
@ericries.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 5:30 PM

Josh Bell, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-10...

Quote card: Josh Bell, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries: I'm inspired.
@ericries.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:30 PM

Grateful to see my new book, Incorruptible, as Amazon’s #1 Best Seller in Startups!

For Prime Day, Amazon US has the Kindle edition for $1.99 and the hardcover 21% off, if you’ve been meaning to pick up a copy for yourself or a friend.

Kindle: geni.us/4yjqS
Hardcover: geni.us/t0pzvp

@ericries.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 1:00 AM

Incorruptible is $1.99 on Kindle right now. I don't know how long that will last, so if it's been on your list, now's a good time. incorruptible.co

@ericries.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 8:30 PM

Since launch, we've kept a public record of what people are saying about Incorruptible: nearly 700 moments so far.

One of the newest, from Sami Mäkeläinen: “the most practical book about the structural rot in modern capitalism I’ve read”.

howisincorruptiblegoing.com

Screenshot of howisincorruptiblegoing.com: How Is Incorruptible Going?, with bestseller badges and counters showing 691 moments and 174 voices.
@ericries.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 5:30 PM

Asya Paloni, Chief Product Officer at Welltory, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-12...

Quote card: Asya Paloni, Chief Product Officer at Welltory, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries.
@ericries.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 5:05 PM

Grateful to see my new book Incorruptible in the #1 Best Seller in Business Management slot on Amazon!

Amazon US has the Kindle at $1.99 and hardcover 21% off right now for Prime Day if you've been meaning to pick up a copy for yourself or a friend.

Kindle: geni.us/4yjqS
Hardcover: geni.us/t0pzvp

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