Unshackled: 'Eric Ries Gave Us the Language. A Texas Town Gave Us the Proof.'

Unshackled Ventures and Manan Mehta read Incorruptible against their portfolio company Plantible Foods, which built a commercial-scale aquatic plant protein facility in El Dorado, Texas. The essay follows Danny Hicks, a processing engineer there who left years of oil-field commuting for year-round work ten minutes from home.

“Early decisions about values, incentives, and structure are not soft inputs. They are architectural choices. They determine who a company serves, who it protects, and who ultimately gets to plan.” — Unshackled Ventures