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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: incorruptible.co

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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 17s
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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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 3h
Jamie Bowen, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-31...
Quote card: Jamie Bowen, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries.
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 5h
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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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you to Real Ventures for having me as the keynote at your 2026 Annual Meeting in Montreal. From their post: “every attendee went home with their own copy of this #mustreadbook.”
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Liz Rockett, of the Mission Lock Collective, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-16...
Quote card: Liz Rockett, of the Mission Lock Collective, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries.
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
William Milisic on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-04...
Quote card: William Milisic on Incorruptible by Eric Ries.
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hiten Shah, CEO of Crazy Egg, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-02-25...
Quote card: Hiten Shah, CEO of Crazy Egg, on Incorruptible — 'Really puts a name and stories to things that are much needed to explain the post lean startup era.'
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Marker Ninja @graphicrecording.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What a treat! Last week, I got to record a presentation by Eric Ries, lean startup expert, at the Responsive Conference in Oakland. Check out his new book "Incorruptible"! @ericries.bsky.social #graphicrecording #leanstartup #incorruptible #mission #purpose
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
James Cracknell, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-18...
Quote card: James Cracknell, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible — 'Having read many business books, this one is a corker and probably the finest of its ilk for many years.'
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Big Data Energy @jmochicago.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Do you work in organizations, nonprofit or government? You should read this book. Corruption is not always about actions of individuals but poorly designed SYSTEMS of governance (see: current US govt situation, many corps, etc.) There are fixes. Those fixes are complicated. They are worthy fixes.
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Julie Stuecken, a fractional CMO, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-06-23...
Quote card: Julie Stuecken, fractional CMO, on Incorruptible — on writing governance to protect a company's mission, 'the corporate version of writing your own prenup.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nicki Tessler, President of Lifepoint Behavioral Health, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-06-19...
Quote card: Nicki Tessler, President of Lifepoint Behavioral Health, on Incorruptible — on structural integrity keeping an organization 'mission-locked rather than mission-hopeful.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Maciej Szymaszek, PhD (AstraZeneca) on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-16...
Quote card: Maciej Szymaszek, PhD (AstraZeneca) on Incorruptible — comparing an organization to a bridge that must withstand the forces acting on it.
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Fredy Vargas Lama, PhD (UN/ECLAC) on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-19...
Quote card: Fredy Vargas Lama, PhD (UN/ECLAC) on Incorruptible — on constitutional governance and how mission survives succession.
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Alex Komoroske @komorama.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
1/ It’s time to share more about what we’ve been working on: @commonfabric.com is a social computing lab building a medium for software that revolves around people, not apps. commonfabric.com
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Julie Fleischer, a Forbes 50 entrepreneurial CMO, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-17...
Quote card: Julie Fleischer, a Forbes 50 entrepreneurial CMO, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'I am devouring Eric Ries's latest work... an essential new look at what makes businesses succeed long term. A provocative and compelling read.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
sound familiar?
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Dave Whorton, founder and CEO of Tugboat Institute, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-16...
Quote card: Dave Whorton, founder and CEO of Tugboat Institute, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'If your path requires institutional capital, I can't think of a better book to read than Incorruptible.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Jacqueline Keidel Martinez, a branding practitioner, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-12...
Quote card: Jacqueline Keidel Martinez, a branding practitioner, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'Halfway through Eric Ries' Incorruptible, and I already know it's my favorite professional read of 2026. He argues that corporate betrayal usually isn't a character problem. It all starts with the infrastructure.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Andrew Blum, founder and chairman of The Trium Group, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-06-30...
Quote card: Andrew Blum, founder and chairman of The Trium Group, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'without structural protection, even the most mission-driven companies and CEOs will succumb to the corrupting influence of financial gravity... essential reading for any entrepreneur, CEO, or founder.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Mette Norgaard, a leadership author, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-14...
Quote card: Mette Norgaard, leadership author, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'The counterforce to financial gravity is not defiance. It is vitality. Flourishing. Aliveness.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Stuart DeCew, executive director of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-09...
Quote card: Stuart DeCew, executive director of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'One of the best hours of listening to an author explore their work that I have ever experienced.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Half Baked, a startup-ideas newsletter, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-01...
Quote card: Half Baked, a startup-ideas newsletter, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'The most important thing you'll ever build isn't your product. It isn't your distribution either. It's the structure underneath both.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
José Aguilar Barroso, a chief commercial officer in pharma, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-13...
Quote card: José Aguilar Barroso, a chief commercial officer in pharma, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'Eric Ries makes a simple but great point: if you change the players but the game stays the same, the players were never the problem. The system is.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Mohammad Mesgarpour, a product and innovation practitioner, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-14...
Quote card: Mohammad Mesgarpour, a product and innovation practitioner, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'one of the most thought-provoking business books I've read recently... most organisations don't fail because they run out of talent, ideas, or technology. They drift.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Colleen Hendry, founder of Boailoop, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-11...
Quote card: Colleen Hendry, founder of Boailoop, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'Incorruptible by Eric Ries is easily my favorite book I've read in quite some time.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Joel Silverberg, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-14...
Quote card: Joel Silverberg, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'The most inspiring business book I've read, it makes a coherent argument for market capitalism serving a larger purpose.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Abigail Munro, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-06-14...
Quote card: Abigail Munro, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'Incorruptible stands out as one of the most impactful business books I've read. It serves as a beacon for anyone seeking to lead with principle and purpose.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Daniel, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-03...
Quote card: Daniel, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'His formula is simple: ethos plus integrity equals incorruptible.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ron Scheese, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-22...
Quote card: Ron Scheese, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'one of the most thought-provoking books I've read on building organizations designed to endure.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sarah Brinton, of BambooHR, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-15...
Quote card: Sarah Brinton, of BambooHR, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'I am mildly obsessed with Incorruptible by Eric Ries. The book makes explicit a kind of nihilistic entropy attendant to capitalism that I've sensed but not been able to name.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cindy, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-05-12...
Quote card: Cindy, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'Ries illustrates that it is possible (and preferable) for people to build thriving companies (like Costco) that contribute in a positive way... put their mission above short term gains.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
George Koomullil, founder and CEO of Ascendr, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-08...
Quote card: George Koomullil, founder and CEO of Ascendr PBC, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'founders have real latitude to choose the structures that shape what fiduciary duty means in practice. Choosing how to use that latitude is itself an act of leadership.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Na'ama Moran, founder of Cheetah, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-13...
Quote card: Na'ama Moran, founder of Cheetah, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'I read Eric Ries's new book, Incorruptible, expecting a business book. What I got instead was an autopsy of my own experience... what happened at Cheetah wasn't a failure of my values. It was a ratchet.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Jason Fagone, author of The Woman Who Smashed Codes, writing about Incorruptible on his Substack. jfagone.substack.com
Review of Incorruptible by Eric Ries, from author Jason Fagone's Substack: 'He sent me his latest, Incorruptible, and I loved it. Eric writes with passion and precision about the wrecking ball of big-money investing... I didn't expect to be moved by a business book but I was.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm honored to have Incorruptible on display at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, one of the most famous libraries in the world.
Incorruptible by Eric Ries on display at the Sainsbury Library, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, as part of the Financial Times Best Summer Books of 2026.
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Robert Sutton, Professor Emeritus at Stanford and author of The No Asshole Rule. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-03-21...
Quote card: Robert I. Sutton, Professor Emeritus at Stanford, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'Incorruptible destroys the myth that only sleazy founders and companies get rich. Eric Ries shows you how to build a mission-driven company.'
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Sainsbury Library @sainsburylib.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🏢 What keeps a company true to its purpose? Incorruptible by @ericries.bsky.social is one of the books in our @financialtimes.com Best Summer Books display. It explores how organisations can grow without losing sight of their values. Explore the full list online: buff.ly/4kM9x26 😎📖
Book cover for Eric Ries's Incorruptible, subtitle "Why good companies go bad... and how great companies stay great," with the title repeated in distressed type down the cover and the author's name in large red letters, a business book on corporate resilience.
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This fall the Incorruptible tour reaches London, Stanford, Berkeley, National Harbor, and Dallas. Swing by if you can, in person or online. incorruptible.co
Incorruptible book tour one-sheet by Eric Ries: 22 stops August through October across San Francisco, Toronto, London, Stanford, Berkeley, National Harbor, and Dallas. New York Times & USA Today Bestseller.
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-04-07...
Quote card: Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'If you want to build a company that will be making the world a better place a hundred years from now, it's not enough to be a good person.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Good intentions aren’t enough to keep good companies good. Growth, incentives, governance, and AI can gradually reshape what a company is for. This Thursday, I’m joining Dr Rana Dajani and Moh Al-Haifi to discuss Incorruptible, regenerative growth, and building companies for long-term value.
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Seth Godin, author of This Is Strategy, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-04-09...
Quote card: Seth Godin, bestselling author, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'This profound book will inform and infuriate, and then it will help you see a path forward. It should be required reading for anyone who manages (or has a manager). Gravity is real.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
AI can help organisations build at extraordinary speed. But speed magnifies direction: when “financial gravity” pulls a company away from its mission, AI may help it travel further, faster. That’s the tension I’ll bring to Zebra Growth’s next Playground.
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Frances Frei, professor at Harvard Business School, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-04-03...
Quote card: Frances Frei, Harvard Business School professor, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'Incorruptible is the rare business book that is both a moral compass and a practical playbook.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Thomas Eisenmann, Harvard Business School professor, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-02-13...
Quote card: Thomas Eisenmann, Harvard Business School professor, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'Incorruptible is Eric Ries at his most ambitious and original... a practical manifesto for building mission-driven companies that survive success without killing the golden goose.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-02-27...
Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, endorsing Incorruptible by Eric Ries.
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Leslie Feinzaig, founder and GP of Graham & Walker, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-03-30...
Leslie Feinzaig, founder and GP of Graham & Walker, endorsing Incorruptible by Eric Ries.
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Eli Luberoff, founder of Desmos, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-03-10...
Quote card: Eli Luberoff, founder of Desmos Studio PBC, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries — 'This is an important book for any mission-driven leader or investor... a timely reminder that enshittification is a choice not an inevitability, that there is a better way, and that you're not alone in trying to find it.'
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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Cate Hall, author of You Can Just Do Things, on Incorruptible. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-03-19...
Cate Hall, author of You Can Just Do Things, endorsing Incorruptible by Eric Ries.
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