Eric Ries

5 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 14, 2023 by Eric Ries · said 5 times in 4 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Dec 14, 2023
Assertion Supported
Ries: Securing Long-Term Stock Exchange regulatory approval took ten years
“I built a stock exchange, literally the same regulatory category as NYSE or NASDAQ. I spent 10 years of my life getting the regulatory approval to do it.”
Eric Ries Dec 14, 2023 ▶ 18:14 The Biggest Startup Opportunities In 2024 | Eric Ries (The Lean Startup)
Dec 14, 2023 bearish
Insight
Ries: Companies that collapse morally eventually collapse financially
“Like, so many of these companies collapse, first they collapse morally, and then they collapse you know, financially, and it's actually worse for investors in the end.”
Eric Ries Dec 14, 2023 ▶ 28:16 The Biggest Startup Opportunities In 2024 | Eric Ries (The Lean Startup)
Dec 14, 2023 negative
Opinion
Ries: The ESG movement is a total failure due to flawed ratings
“The ESG movement has been a total failure. You know, from my perspective, because Philip Morris has great ESG scores.”
Eric Ries Dec 14, 2023 ▶ 32:16 The Biggest Startup Opportunities In 2024 | Eric Ries (The Lean Startup)
Dec 14, 2023 positive
Insight
Ries: Why the minimum viable product was intentionally named a product
“It's why we called minimum viable product a product, not an experiment or a test or hypothesis. Like we wanted to remind people that although we are removing features and we are de-scoping in order to get learning, we're still trying to build something that is…”
Eric Ries Dec 14, 2023 ▶ 11:16 The Biggest Startup Opportunities In 2024 | Eric Ries (The Lean Startup)
Feb 3, 2025 negative
Opinion
Isenberg: Lean Startup landing page validation no longer works in AI era
“The lean startup by Eric Ries talks about how you don't need to actually build anything. You can put a landing page, you can send traffic to it. And based on that, you know, you can figure out what to build. I don't think that works anymore. I think that it's …”
Greg Isenberg Feb 3, 2025 ▶ 27:13 4 microSaaS ideas you can build to make $100k/month
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