Mark Pincus (Zynga founder), Adeo Ressi & Eric Ries — spontaneous FounderX 2026 fireside on ambition, financial gravity, and 'the inventor of MVP'

FounderX Day 2 in Oakland: Adeo Ressi (Founder Institute / Decile Group) hosts Mark Pincus (Zynga founder) in a fireside — mid-conversation, when Pincus challenges the MVP framing, Ressi calls Eric up on stage. What starts as a Pincus fireside becomes a spontaneous three-way with Eric on Life at Speed of Play, financial gravity, and how big companies drift from mission. Documented across LinkedIn by attendees (Jacob Wellinghoff, Trey Ikard, Vitaly Golomb, Aran Ploshansky, Jurriaan Schreuder, Vidhya Govindan).

“@adeoressi, @markpinc and @ericries joined together to have spontaneous group panel on Life At Speed of Play + the Financial Gravity (Incorruptible) of being a founder and how big companies end up drifting away from their mission and customers.” — Jacob Wellinghoff on X