Eric Ries is a serial entrepreneur and the New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Startup, The Startup Way, and Incorruptible. His Lean Startup methodology—considered radical before it became the standard—has completely reshaped how companies are built, products are launched, and value is delivered.

A sought-after business speaker, Eric Ries offers lessons on scaling your company without selling your soul in the process. He presents frameworks rooted in continuous innovation, learning from failure, and mastering the art and science of the pivot. But in a welcome departure from “move fast and break things” ideology, he also delivers strategies for avoiding mission-drift, maintaining stakeholder trust, and prioritizing long-term growth over short-term profits. His talks are best suited for entrepreneurs, mission-driven companies, and corporate leadership teams, especially those in tech, finance, healthcare, and law.

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When Eric Ries first developed the Lean Startup methodology, business leaders called him crazy. Today, The Lean Startup is a New York Times bestseller that has been translated into nearly thirty languages and serves as the seminal text for entrepreneurs. His follow-up title, The Startup Way, applies the same entrepreneurial framework to help established businesses transform culture, grow revenues, and drive innovation.

In his latest release, Incorruptible, Ries shakes the table once again, with a new definition of profit: the maximization of human flourishing. Deemed “a practical manifesto for building mission-driven companies that survive success without killing the golden goose,” the book is a roadmap for building ethical, resilient, high-trust companies that last.

As a founder, Ries puts his own ideas into practice with The Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE); Answer.AI, an AI R&D lab; Virgil, a legal services startup; and the early virtual reality social platform IMVU. He also advises on business and product strategy for startups, venture capital firms, and legacy companies, and has served as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School, IDEO, and Pivotal. On his podcast, The Eric Ries Show, he talks with world-class technologists, thought leaders, and executives building for the long-term.

Driven by a rebellious curiosity, Eric Ries is motivated to build better businesses and help others do the same.