Yvonne Bajela (LocalGlobe) and Maria Rotilu (Openseed.VC) host Eric for a live episode of The Startup Leap at Huckletree Oxford Circus on the third day of the UK book tour. The Startup Leap airs on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
“The Startup Leap — a podcast for founders navigating the leap, hosted by Yvonne Bajela and Maria Rotilu.” — The Startup Leap
“Last night, I asked Eric Ries how receptive founders and investors have been to his message of building from Day Zero — staying anchored to your mission and remaining incorruptible. His response got me thinking.”
“Incorruptible is a book that gives you hope and encouragement to keep fighting for your principles, for the intention you had when you started a new business or a new project. It reminds you that it is possible to stand by your convictions, even when doing so is difficult, and to build organisations that create lasting value without compromising the things that matter. Because too many customers were let down and too companies were murdered in the name of profit. … Let's defy the financial gravity, together.”
“Eric wrote The Lean Startup, gave us language, tools, and mental models for building lean startups. I suspect his new book, Incorruptible, will do the same for founders who want to create ambitious startups that outlive them for good. I was glad to read the book before its release as part of prep for our conversation with Eric on The Startup Leap, and I believe posterity will judge this book kindly. … Incorruptible is a must read for every intentional builder of our time.”
“There's a force that pulls organisations toward mediocrity. Eric calls it financial gravity, "the force no one controls but everyone obeys." It doesn't come from greed, or from companies getting old and tired. It comes from governance. Structural pressure, built into how a company is owned and who it answers to. … Nobody sits in a meeting and votes to become extractive. Everyone makes a reasonable call, one quarter at a time. Till a pattern emerges.”