Eric Ries

Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup methodology and founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, dives deep into startup culture. He discusses common misconceptions about Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) and the importance of adapting through failures. Ries also shares his insights on the role of AI in product development and emphasizes aligning company governance with ethical values. Listeners will appreciate his journey from startups to advocating for long-term strategies, all while stressing the value of customer feedback and adaptability.

Eric Ries, the author of "The Lean Startup," shares his insights on the mental health crisis facing founders. He describes the phenomenon of "vampire founders"—longtime leaders who feel immortal yet isolated. Ries argues that the startup landscape's pressure cooker environment forces entrepreneurs to compromise their values. He challenges the conventional model of shareholder primacy and advocates for innovative governance structures, highlighting that a new approach can align with founder ideals while enhancing employee well-being.

Eric Ries, an influential entrepreneur and author, delves into the Lean Startup methodology, revealing its core principles and significance across industries like healthcare. He shares insights on validated learning, efficient strategies for minimizing product failures, and the emotional rollercoaster of entrepreneurship. Highlighting case studies, he emphasizes the importance of customer feedback and iterating based on real needs. With practical examples, he advocates for structured innovation, underscoring the transformative power of the Build-Measure-Learn loop in fostering successful startups.

At Center for Humane Technology, we often talk about multipolar traps — which arise when individuals have an incentive to act in ways that are beneficial to them in the short term, but detrimental to the group in the long term. Think of social media companies that compete for our attention, so that when TikTok introduces an even-more addictive feature, Facebook and Twitter have to mimic it in order to keep up, sending us all on a race to the bottom of our brainstems.Intervening at the level of multipolar traps has extraordinary leverage. One such intervention is the Long Term Stock Exchange — a U.S. national securities exchange serving companies and investors who share a long-term vision. Instead of asking public companies to pollute less or be less addictive while holding them accountable to short-term shareholder value, the Long-Term Stock Exchange creates a new playing field, which incentivizes the creation of long-term stakeholder value.This week on Your Undivided Attention, we’re airing an episode of a podcast called ZigZag — a fellow member of the TED Audio Collective. In an exploration of how technology companies might transcend multipolar traps, we're sharing with you ZigZag’s conversation with Long Term Stock Exchange founder Eric Ries.CORRECTION: In the episode, we say that TikTok has outcompeted Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. In fact, TikTok has outcompeted Facebook, but not yet YouTube or Instagram — TikTok has 1 billion monthly users, while YouTube has 2.6 billion and Instagram has 2 billion. However, we can say that TikTok is on a path toward outcompeting YouTube and Instagram.RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODESAn Alternative to Silicon Valley Unicorns with Mara Zepeda & Kate “Sassy” Sassoon: https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/54-an-alternative-to-silicon-valley-unicornsA Problem Well-Stated Is Half-Solved with Daniel Schmachtenberger: https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/a-problem-well-stated-is-half-solvedHere’s Our Plan And We Don’t Know with Tristan Harris, Aza Raskin, and Stephanie Lepp: https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/46-heres-our-plan-and-we-dont-know

In this engaging conversation, Eric Ries, the mind behind "The Lean Startup," shares insights on testing business ideas effectively. He discusses the evolving landscape of AI funding and the potential of wrapper AI startups. Eric highlights the importance of trust in tech, criticizing major players like Google, and advocates for businesses with genuine social missions. Additionally, he presents innovative startup ideas, including a unique blend of tech and religious community engagement, while addressing the mental health challenges faced by entrepreneurs.

Eric Ries and Jeremy Howard discuss AI innovation, agile growth strategies, starting Answer.ai, AI regulations, and promising AI startups. They highlight the importance of customer focus, rapid adaptation in the AI landscape, funding challenges, innovation in technology, and societal impact of language computing applications.

Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and CEO of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, dives into the evolution of startup methodologies. He discusses how his concepts like product-market fit have shaped the industry since the financial crisis. Ries highlights the LTSE's role in addressing startup ecosystem issues, such as excessive capital raising and governance challenges. He emphasizes the need for long-term investment strategies and better corporate accountability. The conversation also touches on navigating the chaotic startup landscape and empowering early-stage companies with innovative tools.

Eric Ries visits Google to discuss his book ""The Lean Startup"", a guide to help both new and established entrepreneurs and managers do one important thing: make better, faster business decisions. Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. “The Lean Startup” is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common is a mission to penetrate that fog of uncertainty to discover a successful path to a sustainable business. The Lean Startup approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively. Rather than wasting time creating elaborate business plans, The Lean Startup offers entrepreneurs a way to test their vision continuously, and to adapt and adjust before it’s too late. Eric Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in an age when companies need to innovate more than ever. Originally published in April of 2011. Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.                                

In a riveting finale, Eric Ries, bestselling author and Lean Startup creator, explores the future of innovation. He emphasizes the significance of testing assumptions and the MVP concept for aligning products with real customer needs. Eric delves into the challenges large corporations face in funding AI projects and critiques traditional models. He advocates for metered funding to stimulate creativity within teams. The conversation also touches on AI's transformative power in jobs, highlighting both the risks of displacement and new opportunities for creativity.

Eric Ries, the author of 'The Lean Startup' and founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, discusses his groundbreaking journey to create an exchange that fosters long-term thinking. He highlights the challenges of gaining SEC approval and the misconceptions about corporate governance. Ries emphasizes the struggle companies face between short-term pressure and long-term vision, offering insights for CEOs and CFOs on aligning investor interests with sustainable business practices. His approach redefines capital allocation and corporate structures for future growth.