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United States Eric Ries is an influential entrepreneur and author, best known for developing the Lean Startup methodology, which has reformed how new products are built and launched.
Eric Ries is an entrepreneur and author associated with Startup Lessons Learned. He co-founded and served as CTO of IMVU.
Eric Ries has been working with giant firms like General Electric and Toyota to help them become more nimble, in order to spur growth and produce products and services that customers want.
Eric is the bestselling author of The Lean Startup and the founder of the Long Term Stock Exchange. In this episode, we discuss the challenge of turning entrepreneurship into a widespread movement.
Eric Ries is the creator of the Lean Startup methodology, author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup, and founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange.
Eric Ries is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and the author of The Lean Startup (Crown Business, 2011). Michael Chui is a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute.
I spoke to Eric Ries, author of The Startup Way: How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth, about why companies need to create an entrepreneurial culture.
Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, talks about the concepts in his new book, The Startup Way at Business of Software Conference CEO Tales, 2017.
Eric Ries, consultant, and author of The Lean Startup, discusses common misconceptions about lean startups and its application in today's business climate.
Eric Ries was born on September 22, 1978. While attending Yale University, he co-founded Catalyst Recruiting, an online platform designed to connect university students with potential employers. Though this venture was ultimately unsuccessful and led to him taking a leave of absence from Yale, it laid early groundwork for his entrepreneurial journey. After graduating, Ries relocated to Silicon Valley in 2001, beginning his career as a software engineer at There, Inc., where he contributed to the development of the web-based 3D Virtual World product, There.com, which launched in 2003. This experience, despite the company’s eventual failure, provided him with valuable insights into product development and startup challenges.
In 2004, Eric Ries co-founded IMVU Inc., a social network, alongside Will Harvey. During his time as CTO at IMVU, he integrated principles of rapid customer feedback (customer development) and lean software development. This approach involved extensive testing of product versions and measuring download rates, with IMVU deploying code to production multiple times a day. His work at IMVU, where he stepped down as CTO in 2008, informed much of his later work on the Lean Startup methodology. Following his departure from IMVU, Ries became a venture advisor at Kleiner Perkins and started independently advising startups, solidifying his expertise in fostering successful entrepreneurial endeavors.
Building on his experiences, Eric Ries formalized the Lean Startup methodology, which he began documenting on his blog in 2008. This methodology, emphasizing iterative product releases, validated learning, and continuous innovation, quickly gained traction. His New York Times bestselling book, “The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses,” published in 2011, brought these concepts to a wider audience. In 2015, he initiated the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE), a new stock exchange designed to support long-term investment strategies, which received SEC approval in 2019. He also released “The Startup Way” in 2017, focusing on applying entrepreneurial principles within larger corporations, further extending his influence in business innovation.
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