Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad... and How Great Companies Stay Great
book · First published 2026
Author guide
Eric Ries Books in Order
Eric Ries is an American entrepreneur, author, and blogger whose work focuses on continuous innovation, entrepreneurial management, long-term value creation, and mission-preserving corporate governance. He co-founded IMVU and served as its chief technology officer, later founding the Long-Term Stock Exchange and working with startups, established companies, and public-sector organizations. His bibliography includes business books, practical guides, a technical programming book co-authorship, and separately published essay collections.
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The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
The foundational and most representative work for understanding Ries's ideas and influence.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Essays and speeches (2)
- Startup Lessons Learned: Season One: 2008-2009
essay-collection · 2010
- Uncensored: A Charitable Project to Support the Open Internet
essay-collection · 2012
Other (5)
- Black Art of Java Game Programming: Creating Dynamic Games and Interactive Graphical Environments Using Java
book · 1996
CD-ROM includes: Source code, examples and projects for the tutorial chapters. -- Games from the Game Gallery section of the book. -- The Java Developer's Kit (JDK) version 1.0.2 for Macintosh, Solaris, Windows 95, and windows NT. -- All…
- The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
book · 2011
Outlines a revisionist approach to management while arguing against common perceptions about the inevitability of startup failures, explaining the importance of providing genuinely needed products and services as well as organizing a…
- The Leader's Guide
book · 2015
Frequently asked questions about Eric Ries
Who is Eric Ries?
Eric Ries is an American entrepreneur and author best known as the creator of the Lean Startup methodology, which emphasizes continuous innovation and rapid experimentation.
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What was Eric Ries's role at IMVU?
Ries co-founded IMVU and served as its chief technology officer. The company became the testing ground where he developed many ideas associated with the Lean Startup approach.
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Who influenced Eric Ries's approach to startups?
Ries was strongly influenced by Steve Blank's customer-development method, which he combined with lean software-development practices while working at IMVU.
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What recognition has Eric Ries received?
In 2007, BusinessWeek named Eric Ries one of its Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech.
How has Eric Ries extended his work beyond startup methodology?
He founded the Long-Term Stock Exchange, an exchange intended to encourage long-term governance and sustainable value creation. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved it as a national securities exchange in 2019.
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