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LENNY'S PODCAST Assertion Contradicted
Ries: Standard corporate charters legally bind boards to accept higher buyout offers
“According to the legal documents, you yourself signed your company's literal charter that you have right now, and this is not some hypothetical future thing you've already put in motion. A rule that says you have a fiduciary duty to say yes in this situation.”
Eric Ries May 10, 2026 ▶ 29:10 How Anthropic, Costco, and Patagonia all build incorruptible companies | Eric Ries
LENNY'S PODCAST Assertion Contradicted
Ries: Shareholder primacy is only 40 years old
“For the vast majority of the time, for hundreds of years, we have had joint stock corporations. Only the last 40 have we had this idea. Before the eighties, it was considered obvious. Our grandparents thought it was obvious. Our great grandparents thought it w…”
Eric Ries May 10, 2026 ▶ 58:24 How Anthropic, Costco, and Patagonia all build incorruptible companies | Eric Ries
Y COMBINATOR Assertion Contradicted
Ries: FTX bankruptcy's Anthropic stake exceeds the entire fraud value
“Apparently the stake that the bankruptcy has of those shares is worth more than the whole, than all of the entire fraud by a lot.”
Eric Ries May 22, 2026 ▶ 47:11 How The Best Companies Defend Against Mediocrity And Rot · Y Combinator
LENNY'S PODCAST Assertion Contradicted
Ries: Costco is protected by a governance fortress
“People used to tell me Costco was an example that wasn't protected so much so that like, I was surprised to learn that it was embodied in a governance fortress.”
Eric Ries May 10, 2026 ▶ 15:56 How Anthropic, Costco, and Patagonia all build incorruptible companies | Eric Ries
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