How to build a company that withstands any era | Eric Ries, Lean Startup author
About this episode
Eric Ries discusses how to build resilient companies and the governance structures that protect their value.
Eric Ries is the author of The Lean Startup , a book that reshaped how a generation of founders think about building companies. His new book, Incorruptible , explains how successful companies are destroyed by failing to protect what makes them valuable, and how to change it. In our in-depth conversation, we discuss: 1. Why 80% of venture-backed founders are ousted within three years of going public 2. The governance structures that protect companies like Anthropic, Costco, and Novo Nordisk 3. The simple legal filing that takes two pages and could save your company 4. Financial gravity: why successful companies predictably get corrupted into mediocrity 5. Why mission-aligned companies like Anthropic reap major benefits from protecting their mission through governance 6. Why success won’t protect you—it instead makes you a bigger target — Brought to you by: WorkOS —Make your app enterprise-ready, with SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and more: https://workos.com/lenny Vanta —Automate compliance, manage risk, and accelerate trust with AI: https://vanta.com/lenny — Episode transcript: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-build-a-company-that-withstands — Archive of all Lenny's Podcast…
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