EO — 'The anatomy of a startup death' — Eric on the governing documents almost every founder signs without reading

EO (700K-subscriber global media brand for builders) releases a 25-minute Eric interview walking through why good companies get destroyed in the name of profit, the governing documents almost every founder signs without reading, and the structures a few companies use to protect their mission — the Sol Price firing at FedMart, the Philip Morris acquisition of Vectura, and how Anthropic and Patagonia stay true to purpose. Closes with a 15-year revisit of The Lean Startup and what AI can and can't speed up.

“Fifteen years after The Lean Startup, he's onto a different problem. Not how to find something worth building, but how to keep it. In this conversation, Eric explains why good companies get destroyed in the name of profit, the governing documents almost every founder signs without reading, and the structures a few companies use to protect their mission.” — EO episode description