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Ries: Investor-dominated companies underperform due to financial market pressures
“Investor dominated companies really underperform. Precisely because we have this financial system that pull, has this gravitational force that pulls companies down into mediocrity or worse.”
Eric Ries May 26, 2026 ▶ 6:18 The Lean Startup Author on What Ruins Good Companies
Opinion
Eric Ries: Lean Startup tactics are dated, but core principles hold up
“What's really held up, like, a lot of the techniques and the specific tactics from Lean Startup are a little dated now. I mean, you know, Groupon is a case study. Like, it's old now. It came out in 2011. But I think the principles have held up really well, and…”
Eric Ries May 26, 2026 ▶ 1:20 The Lean Startup Author on What Ruins Good Companies
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