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Joshua Wilson interviews Eric Ries about the pressures of capital markets on business integrity and ethics.

"Nobody can ever trust this company again." That's what Eric Ries told a young founder on the way to what looked like a celebration — but was actually a wake for a company's soul. In this special-release episode, Joshua Wilson sits down with Eric Ries — author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup, founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE), and author of the new book Incorruptible — for a candid conversation on the gravitational pressure capital markets exert on mission-driv...

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