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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: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aobQ...

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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Leah Solivan, founder of TaskRabbit, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-06-04...

Quote card: Leah Solivan, founder of TaskRabbit, on Incorruptible by Eric Ries.

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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One of the most meaningful developments to me this fall has been the embrace of Incorruptible in the academy. “The best business book I’ve ever read.” Tara Ceranic Salinas, Professor of Business Ethics, University of San Diego

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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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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.

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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 · 23/09/2026

is this a "please proceed, Governor" type moment?

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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

want to guess what happened next? surely thanks to this massive infusion of outside capital, the product improved and the company flourished, right?

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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 · 12/09/2026

we've met (and I'm a big fan) but we haven't had a chance to hang out (yet)

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Eric Ries @ericries.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

we've met (and I'm a big fan) but we haven't had a chance to hang out (yet)

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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...

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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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