Eric Ries on Why Good Companies Go Bad

Eric Ries on Why Good Companies Go Bad

July 9, 2026 · 52 min

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Eric Ries discusses the principles of the Lean Startup method and why good companies can fail.

Eric Ries is the creator of the Lean Startup method and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup, which transformed how a generation of founders and engineers think about building products. It introduced concepts like the MVP, the pivot, and build-measure-learn that are now so widely adopted they feel obvious. Over The post Eric Ries on Why Good Companies Go Bad appeared first on Software Engineering Daily .

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