Berkeley SkyDeck: 'trust is the most important asset a company can build'

UC Berkeley's accelerator hosts a sold-out fireside chat and book signing with Eric for SkyDeck founders, mentors, and advisors. Official recap goes up the next day with 79 likes; SkyDeck GM Sibyl Chen calls Incorruptible 'essential reading for founders. PERIOD.'

“Eric has spent 20 years working with founders, CEOs, and investors, and his core message landed hard: trust is the most important asset a company can build. The best talent, your earliest customers, your investors - they all show up because of trust. Lose it, and success won't save you. That's also the thesis behind his new book, "Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad…and How Great Companies Stay Great." Corporate corruption isn't a moral failure - it's a structural one. And it can be designed against.” — Berkeley SkyDeck on LinkedIn

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Natansh Bhamba Co-founder, Centscape

“Meeting Eric Ries through Berkeley SkyDeck felt like a full circle moment. The thinking that once shaped how I understood startups is now embedded in how we operate every week at Centscape.”
Robert Burdick Engineering Leader, Health Tech & Developer Platform

“Berkeley SkyDeck was fortunate to have author Eric Ries (The Lean Startup, Incorruptible) participate in a fireside chat yesterday. Thanks Eric for sharing your insights with our founder, mentor and advisor community.”
Ben Fong Head of Business Development, Berkeley SkyDeck

“From The Lean Startup to his latest book, Incorruptible, Eric Ries has shaped how generations of founders think about building enduring companies. We were excited to host Eric at Berkeley SkyDeck for a fireside chat with our founders on founder-led governance, long-term company building, and preserving mission as startups scale. A huge opportunity for our founders to learn directly from one of the most influential voices in entrepreneurship.”
Sibyl Chen General Manager, Berkeley SkyDeck

“This is my APB to startup founders, leaders running innovation & entrepreneurship ecosystems and accelerators, professors teaching B-school and the like - YOU HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK. Those of you who know me understand that I've been speaking about this when I can, most recently at the AI for Good Summit and also at Tech Pulse during the HumanX conference in April. There are frameworks out founders can leverage that can guide them to building better without compromising our principles. "Incorruptible" should become essential reading for founders. PERIOD.”