He's Diagnosed This Pattern In Hundreds Of Companies | Eric Ries (Author of The Lean Startup)

Granola is the AI notepad for professionals in back-to-back meetings. New users get 100% off their first month → https://granola.ai?via=KUzb8NmEric Ries is the author of The Lean Startup and the creator of the Lean Startup methodology. He's spent two decades working with founders, and he's the founder of Answer.AI and the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE). Fifteen years after The Lean Startup, he's onto a different problem. Not how to find something worth building, but how to keep it. In this conversation, Eric explains why good companies get destroyed in the name of profit, the governing documents almost every founder signs without reading, and the structures a few companies use to protect their mission. He walks through the firing of Sol Price at FedMart, the Philip Morris acquisition of Vectura, and how Anthropic and Patagonia are built to stay true to their purpose. He also revisits The Lean Startup 15 years on, and what AI can and can't speed up.00:00 Intro 01:22 Why Great Companies Get Destroyed07:05 Granola, the AI meeting assistant08:14 Built to Resist - Ethos + Integrity = Incorruptible16:30 Build a Company That Outlives You21:24 Rethinking the Lean Startup 23:50 Advice for Founders EO is a global media brand for builders.We tell the defining stories of founders shaping the future: people who see what others don’t and build what they believe in.Subscribe to EO: https://www.youtube.com/@eoglobalEO Magazine: https://www.eomag.ioInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/eostudio.official/X: https://x.com/eostudi0LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eo-studioEO Studio: https://eo.team/Business inquiries: [email protected] what you believe in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices