Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

How to build a company that withstands any era | Eric Ries, Lean Startup author

May 10, 2026·1h 39m·6-min readconversationaltechnology
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Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, returns with Incorruptible, a book about how successful companies often lose their mission and values due to structural and cultural forces, and how founders can protect what they’ve built through principled governance and organizational design.

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Eric Ries

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People

Eric RiesLenny RachitskyMary Parker Follett

Books

The Lean Startupby Eric RiesIncorruptibleby Eric Ries

Companies

AnthropicOpenAINovo Nordisk

Topics

Business ModelsCorporate StrategyEntrepreneurshipLeadershipManagementScalingStartupsVenture Capital

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