Events
Book tour stops, keynotes, and fireside chats. 1 upcoming · 70 past
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- Wed, Nov 4, 2026
SOSV Deep Tech Summit — Eric Ries and Steve Blank on how AI is changing the way startups are built
SOSV's Deep Tech Summit runs free and virtual from 4 to 6 November, with 100 speakers across climate tech, human health and AI for the physical world. Eric appears alongside Steve Blank, who launched his Lean LaunchPad methodology at Stanford 15 years ago and has since rebuilt it around AI.
- Tue, Oct 27, 2026 Berkeley
A. Richard Newton Lecture Series (UC Berkeley SCET Changemaker Course) — Eric joined the Fall 2026 lineup with Scott Galloway, Vivienne Ming, Kapor & Kapor
UC Berkeley's Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology runs the Newton lecture series inside its Berkeley Changemaker course, ENGIN 183A/283A, led by Victoria Howell. Eric spoke online on 27 October, under the Fall 2026 theme Making an Impact for Greater Good.
- Fri, Oct 23, 2026
B Academics Teaching Roundtable 2026 — Eric joins the global B Corp educator network's fall gathering
B Academics — the global network of educators, researchers, students, and practitioners studying B Lab, B Corp certification, and benefit corporations — hosts its 2026 Teaching Roundtable virtually on Friday October 23 (11 AM–2 PM EDT). Eric joins as a featured speaker. The event brings faculty, students, B Corp representatives, aspiring B corps, and B Lab employees together for the year's flagship teaching-focused convening. Planning committee spans University of Central Oklahoma, University of Maryland, NC State University, and Greater Victoria School District.
- Thu, Oct 22, 2026 San Francisco
Masters of Scale Summit (Presidio Theatre, SF) — Eric on 'a place for bold vision and the conviction to do what's right'
Masters of Scale — Reid Hoffman's flagship 800-attendee, invite-only summit — closed its October 20–22 run at the Presidio Theatre with Eric in conversation with Krista Tippett of On Being. He shared the programme with Reid Hoffman, Eric Schmidt, Kara Swisher, Reed Hastings, Van Jones, Maria Ressa (Nobel Peace Laureate), Meredith Whittaker (Signal), Matthew Prince (Cloudflare), Dr. Toyin Ajayi (Cityblock), Amjad Masad (Replit), Anjali Sud (Tubi), Baratunde Thurston, and Ariel Ekblaw (Aurelia Institute). Madeline McIntosh — co-founder of Authors Equity and former chief executive of Penguin Random House US — called the Ries–Tippett conversation her personal highlight of the conference.
- Thu, Oct 15, 2026 Dallas
Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala (Omni Dallas) — Eric Ries speaks to America's fastest-growing private companies
Eric speaks on Thursday October 15 at the 2026 Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, Omni Dallas Hotel (the conference runs Oct 14–16). His session, 'The Uncertainty Advantage: How Leaders Navigate Risk and Seize Opportunity', is at 11:15am CT in Dallas Ballroom E alongside Janet Napolitano, moderated by Inc.'s Melissa Angell. Inc.'s speaker page lists him as 'Bestselling author and founder, Long-Term Stock Exchange.' The conference culminates in the black-tie gala with the Inc. 5000 roll call.
- Tue, Oct 13, 2026 National Harbor, MD
NACD Directors Summit 2026: Eric Ries on the mainstage
Eric gave the mainstage keynote on Incorruptible at the National Association of Corporate Directors' annual Directors Summit (October 11 to 14, Gaylord National Harbor, outside Washington, DC; 1,700+ board directors), opening Tuesday morning ahead of a fireside with Mark Weinberger. NACD's own account afterwards published the line he left the room with, putting the board's responsibility for the mission in the directors' own language.
- Wed, Oct 7, 2026 Stanford
Stanford ETL (Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders) — Eric Ries at STVP's flagship speaker series
Eric returns to the Stanford Technology Ventures Program's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series — the weekly Wednesday lecture at Huang Engineering Center that has featured the founder generation from Reid Hoffman to Marissa Mayer to Guy Kawasaki. Talk covers Incorruptible's argument about why great companies drift from their mission and what founders can architect at the earliest stage to keep the drift from happening.
- Wed, Sep 30, 2026 San Francisco
The AI Conference (SF) — Tim O'Reilly and Eric Ries fireside on building AI companies that matter
The AI Conference 2026 — the 5,500-person San Francisco gathering of AI builders, researchers, and leaders (Sept 29–Oct 1) — announces a fireside chat between Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media founder & CEO) and Eric on founder responsibility and the future of the AI-powered economy.
- Thu, Sep 24, 2026 Montreal
Real Ventures 2026 Annual Meeting (Montreal) — Eric Ries keynote on Incorruptible; 'every attendee went home with their own copy of this #mustreadbook'
Real Ventures — Montreal-based VC firm (21K followers) — hosts its 2026 Annual Meeting around the theme #DefyingGravity, with Eric as the keynote walking attendees through the novel ideas behind Incorruptible. Every LP, founder, investor, and community member in the room went home with a copy of the book. Host: Aithan Shapira. Corporate account post: 25 likes.
- Wed, Sep 23, 2026 Oakland, CA
Responsive Conference (Oakland Museum) — Eric joins the September 23–24 leadership convening
Responsive Conference — the 275-person CHRO/CPO/founder convening established in 2016 from the Responsive.org manifesto — returns to the Oakland Museum of California with Eric on the speaker roster alongside Rebecca Hinds (Your Best Meeting Ever), Adam Rosendahl (Late Nite Art), Tony Levitan (Leaders in Tech), and A.C.T.@work.
- Tue, Sep 15, 2026
Augment fireside — 'How to Build Companies That Last with Eric Ries' — live to their 300+ student community
Augment.org is a Paris-based learning platform whose instructors include Morgan Housel and Mark Pincus. It ran a live fireside with Eric for its student community on 15 September, taking questions from the audience.
- Fri, Sep 11, 2026 London
Disruptive Innovators Network — Eric in conversation with Ezechi Britton MBE at Salesforce Tower on Incorruptible
The Disruptive Innovators Network is a UK housing-sector innovation network. It hosted Eric at Salesforce Tower on 11 September for a members-only session, with Fusion21 giving every delegate a copy of Incorruptible.
- Thu, Sep 10, 2026 London
KPMG Partner Conversation, Canary Wharf — Eric Ries with UK & Swiss partners on Incorruptible
Eric joins KPMG for a partner-only conversation at Canary Wharf London on the fourth day of the UK tour, with an internal livestream to UK and Swiss partners.
- Thu, Sep 10, 2026 London
Prosper breakfast @ The Old Sessions House (London) — Eric Ries in conversation with Nick Perrett on Incorruptible
Prosper co-founder Nick Perrett talked with Eric over breakfast at The Old Sessions House in Clerkenwell, London, on the fourth day of the UK tour. Andrew Olley, one of the attendees, wrote up the morning on LinkedIn.
- Wed, Sep 9, 2026 London
Octopus Energy Oxford Street — Eric Ries fireside for the Octopus team
Eric joins Octopus Energy at their Oxford Street London office for an employees-only fireside on Incorruptible during the UK tour.
- Wed, Sep 9, 2026 London
The Startup Leap @ Huckletree Oxford Circus — Eric Ries with Yvonne Bajela (LocalGlobe) and Maria Rotilu (Openseed.VC)
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.
- Tue, Sep 8, 2026 London
Bookomi 'Books for Breakfast' @ Soho House London — Eric Ries on Incorruptible
Richard Kilgarriff runs Bookomi, which stages author breakfasts for members of Soho House clubs. Eric appeared at the London club on the second day of his UK tour.
- Tue, Sep 8, 2026 Cambridge
Mishcon de Reya Cambridge — Eric Ries client conversation on Incorruptible
Eric visits Mishcon de Reya's Cambridge office for an invited-clients-only conversation on Incorruptible during his UK tour. Recording published after.
- Mon, Sep 7, 2026 London
Author Insights (Quebec House, London) — Eric opens the UK tour with an intimate book conversation
Eric kicks off his UK book tour with an Author Insights event at Quebec House in London on Monday September 7 — the first stop before the Bookomi breakfast (Sep 8), Mishcon de Reya (Sep 8), Startup Leap × Huckletree (Sep 9), Octopus Energy (Sep 9), KPMG (Sep 10), and Disruptive Innovators Network (Sep 11).
- Thu, Aug 27, 2026 Online
Zebra Growth Playground — Eric with Rana Dajani (We Love Reading founder) on regenerative growth in the age of AI
Zebra Growth — the Amsterdam-based regenerative-growth studio — hosts a free online 'Playground' pairing Eric with Rana Dajani, the Jordanian molecular biologist who founded We Love Reading (now in 70+ countries reaching close to half a million children). Moderated by Zebra's Moh Al-Haifi.
- Tue, Aug 25, 2026 Oakland
FounderX (Founder Institute, Oakland + SF) — Eric on 'AI companies that do not lose themselves on the way up'
The Founder Institute ran its Global FounderX Conference from 25 to 27 August, the first two days at 1900 Broadway Tower and STAK Space in Oakland and the third at Step San Francisco. Eric was one of its speakers.
- Wed, Aug 19, 2026
The Builder's Room (Technovation × Women Techmakers) — Tara Chklovski hosts Eric on Incorruptible
Technovation and Google's Women Techmakers program host Eric on The Builder's Room — a virtual conversation with founder Tara Chklovski, with half the questions coming from the Technovation and Women Techmakers communities and half from attendees. Technovation notes Eric gave the keynote at their World Summit 14 years ago and his work shaped the entrepreneurship modules used by 20 years of Technovation builders (25,000 apps and 6,000 AI prototypes to date).
- Tue, Aug 18, 2026 San Francisco
Corporate Governance Tech Summit (SF) — Eric opens with fireside on Incorruptible, moderated by Evan Epstein
Pennant AI and the Northern California, Hawaii and Nevada chapter of the Society for Corporate Governance ran the Corporate Governance Tech Summit at WorkOS HQ in San Francisco. Eric opened it, and the rest of the agenda covered reincorporation out of Delaware, AI in the boardroom and shareholder activism.
- Tue, Aug 18, 2026
Rotman Summer Reads (University of Toronto) — Eric closes the 2026 series with a 45-minute virtual conversation
The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto runs Summer Reads, a virtual author series. Eric closed the 2026 run on 18 August with a 45-minute noon conversation; registration was free, with a paid option that included the book.
- Mon, Aug 3, 2026
Eric hosts live conversation for Colombia and Latin America — 'putting our region on the map'
María José Echeverri hosts Eric for a live 5pm conversation for Colombia's entrepreneur, corporate, investor, and student communities on innovation, entrepreneurship, and the lessons that have transformed ecosystems around the world — framed as bringing the conversations shaping the future of business closer to Latin America.
- Thu, Jul 30, 2026
Next Legacy Partners Bridge Summit — Eric interviews Carl Eschenbach on AI, human agency, and the deployment race
Next Legacy Partners (the Sequoia-affiliated fund founded by Ken Chenault and Ken Frazier) hosts its Bridge Summit for institutional LPs. Eric interviews Carl Eschenbach — Managing Partner at Sequoia Capital, CEO of Workday, and one of the industry's longest-tenured operator-investors — on why the real AI race is human adoption, and why capability doesn't deploy itself.
- Wed, Jul 22, 2026 San Francisco
Third Coast Foundry (SF) — UChicago Polsky fireside on Incorruptible
Third Coast Foundry in SF hosted the fireside for University of Chicago alumni, co-produced with the university's Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship. Karthee Madasamy, managing partner at MFV Partners, was in the room and wrote up the evening.
- Thu, Jul 9, 2026
Aspen Institute Business & Society Summit — Eric closes with Ellen McGirt fireside on Incorruptible
The Aspen Institute's Business & Society Program runs an invitation-only summit for corporate executives, long-term investors and governance experts; the 2026 edition ran 6-9 July at the Aspen Meadows Resort. Eric closed it in conversation with Ellen McGirt.
- Mon, Jun 22, 2026 San Francisco
Commonwealth Club with Scott Cook: Why Good Companies Go Bad
Eric takes the stage at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco — the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum — for a post-launch deep dive into the book's central question. The event marks a major book tour stop, bringing the Incorruptible thesis to the Commonwealth Club's audience of civic and business leaders.
- Thu, Jun 18, 2026 Culver City
Blackbird House Culver City — Breakfast fireside hosted by Build to Lead + Underground Tech
The breakfast was co-hosted by Underground Tech and Build to Lead, and was one of the final stops of the LA book tour.
- Wed, Jun 17, 2026 El Segundo
Cosmic Buildings — Fireside with Sasha Jokic + Altadena & Palisades rebuild tour
Jokic founded Cosmic Buildings, a custom-home builder based in El Segundo. He hosted Eric there for a midday fireside on the book tour.
- Wed, Jun 17, 2026 Los Angeles
EO Los Angeles: Incorruptible Fireside
Eric spoke at a members-only fireside hosted by the Los Angeles chapter of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.
- Sat, Jun 13, 2026
The Saturday Salon (Soulaima Gourani) — LinkedIn Live with Eric on 'why good companies go bad'
Soulaima Gourani — WEF Young Global Leader, Thinkers50 honoree, AI entrepreneur, and WEF advisor on AI / Sustainability / Moral Economy — hosts Eric for a Saturday LinkedIn Live on Incorruptible. Saturday 6/13 at 8:30 AM PT, with the audience invited to submit live questions in advance.
- Thu, Jun 11, 2026 San Francisco
SOSV Deep Tech Live: Governance in the Age of AI — Eric in conversation with Po Bronson
SOSV is a deep-tech venture firm whose Deep Tech Live series is aimed at founders. Eric spoke in San Francisco, with a parallel livestream on LinkedIn, arguing that frontier labs such as Anthropic have built governance guardrails while most early-stage startups still launch on boilerplate legal paperwork.
- Wed, Jun 3, 2026 Corte Madera, CA
Book Passage: Eric Ries with Alex Komoroske
Eric visits Book Passage in Corte Madera, Marin County — one of the Bay Area's landmark independent bookstores — in conversation with Alex Komoroske, CEO and co-founder of Common Tools. The event brings the Incorruptible thesis to Marin's community of founders, investors, and business leaders.
- Tue, Jun 2, 2026 Menlo Park, CA
Kepler's Books: Eric Ries with Kim Scott
Eric appears at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, California — one of Silicon Valley's most beloved independent bookstores — in conversation with Kim Scott, bestselling author of Radical Candor. The pairing is fitting: Scott's endorsement of the book calls for 'incorruptible governance' as a prerequisite for companies that want to make the world better in a hundred years.
- Fri, May 29, 2026 San Diego
SDSU San Diego Angel Conference: Eric Ries Keynote and Book Signing
SDAC VIII Finale at San Diego State University — Eric headlines the keynote and joins an intimate fireside chat, followed by a book signing for Incorruptible. Six finalist startups pitch the SDAC Fund VIII investors for a $200K+ investment that same afternoon.
- Thu, May 28, 2026 Washington DC
STATION DC: Fireside chat with NPR's Ari Shapiro on the Incorruptible launch tour
STATION DC hosts Eric in conversation with NPR's Ari Shapiro — a fireside chat for DC founders, operators, and policymakers, followed by a happy hour and book signing at STATION's Union Market space.
- Wed, May 27, 2026 Washington DC
Washington DC: Private Incorruptible Gathering
Eric met a private group in Washington, DC. The gathering was by invitation, and nothing about it was published.
- Tue, May 26, 2026 Launch Day
Incorruptible Launch Day
Incorruptible went on sale in bookshops and online retailers.
- Fri, May 22, 2026 New York
Goodword × Startups Decoded: NYC Fireside with Eric Ries
Goodword (Caroline Dell) partners with Startups Decoded (Andy Walsh) to host an intimate New York fireside with Eric on May 22 — billed as a deep dive on Incorruptible's structural argument.
- Wed, May 20, 2026 New York
ProductCon New York: The AI Conference for Product Leaders
Eric speaks at ProductCon New York at the Metropolitan Pavilion, joining product leaders from Slack, Business Insider, and Miro at the flagship AI and product leadership conference. Billed as 'Author, The Lean Startup & Incorruptible,' Ries brings the book's governance framework to an audience of thousands of product managers and tech leaders grappling with how to build AI-era products responsibly.
- Mon, May 18, 2026 San Francisco
Best Bookstore SF: Eric Ries with Sarah Lacy — first Incorruptible launch event, anywhere
Tech journalist Sarah Lacy (formerly TechCrunch, founder of Pando) hosts the first official Incorruptible launch event at Best Bookstore in Union Square, San Francisco — a week ahead of the May 26 release. $32 ticket includes a signed copy of the book.
- Fri, May 15, 2026 Seattle
Startup Day Seattle: Keynote
Eric delivers a keynote at Startup Day 2026 at the Bell Harbor Conference Center on Seattle's waterfront, speaking to 400+ founders, investors, and ecosystem builders. Every full-access ticket includes a complimentary copy of Incorruptible, shipped after the May 26 launch — a strong signal of the conference organizers' confidence in the book. Other speakers include Terry Myerson (Truveta CEO), Rand Fishkin (SparkToro), and Ian Swanson (Palo Alto Networks).
- Wed, May 13, 2026 Berkeley
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.'
- Wed, May 13, 2026
Gildre Executive Workshop with Eric Ries: Lean in the Age of AI
Eric joins Gildre for a virtual interactive workshop on Lean in the age of AI, the proven blueprints from Anthropic, Novo Nordisk, Costco, and Patagonia, and a new definition of profit. May 13 at 11 AM CST.
- Mon, May 11, 2026
Kingscrowd: Eric Ries with Mike Collins (Alumni Ventures), Moderated by Chris Lustrino
Kingscrowd covers equity crowdfunding and ran the session with the venture firm Alumni Ventures. It went out online at 4:00 PM ET, free to attend.
- Mon, May 11, 2026
The Thinking Spot, St. Paul: Eric Ries with Justin Grammens of Lab651
Independent bookstore The Thinking Spot in St. Paul hosts an in-person book launch event for Incorruptible. Eric joins virtually in conversation with Lab651's Justin Grammens, hosted at Lab 651 on Vandalia St. Pre-orders through The Thinking Spot get the signed copy at 20% off, ready to walk out with on release day.
- Fri, May 8, 2026
Bloomberg Beta: Pre-Launch Book Talk with Roy Bahat
Roy Bahat hosts Eric for a pre-launch Incorruptible book talk on Zoom — Bloomberg Beta's investor and operator network gets the book a week before publication, with attendees receiving pre-order copies.
- Thu, May 7, 2026 San Francisco
Manny's SF: 'edgy, inspired, and oh-so-well-written' — Eric Ries with Bob Sutton
Stanford professor and bestselling author Bob Sutton joins Eric for an in-person Incorruptible conversation at Manny's, San Francisco's civic gathering space. 6 PM, with Zoom option for those outside the Bay Area.
- Wed, May 6, 2026 Novato, CA
North Bay NEXT: Eric Ries on civic engagement — 'I travel the world over and people would kill for the combination of resources we have here'
Eric closes the fifth annual North Bay NEXT (350+ founders, investors, operators in Marin/Sonoma) in conversation with Semafor's Reed Albergotti — three weeks before Incorruptible's public release. MSIV founder Zachary Kushel's post-event recap surfaces Eric's challenge to the region's civic engagement.
- Tue, May 5, 2026 Oakland
Kapor Center Oakland: Intimate Incorruptible Gathering with Alphonzo Terrell
Small private gathering at the Kapor Center in Oakland — Eric in fireside conversation with Spill founder Alphonzo Terrell. Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee stopped by; Mitch Kapor and Dr. Freada Kapor Klein in the room.
- Mon, May 4, 2026
SPILL Live Book Event with Alphonzo Terrell
Alphonzo Terrell is co-founder and chief executive of SPILL, a platform used by culture-makers and community builders. He hosted Eric there for a live book event.
- Mon, May 4, 2026
John Paul Farmer (Stripe): Eric 'coaching us all on what it takes to build mission-driven orgs that last'
Stripe's Global Head of Public Sector and former 3rd NYC CTO recaps the inaugural Stripe Public Sector Summit — a half-day event for governments, universities, and nonprofits at Stripe Sessions — with Eric giving a sneak peek of Incorruptible to a standing-room crowd including a Singapore government leader, a Stanford director, AFGE, and Congressman Patrick McHenry.
- Wed, Apr 29, 2026
Brad Feld: 'The Lean Startup helps you build a valuable company. Incorruptible is about how to protect it.'
Brad Feld writes about the connection between his Give First philosophy and Incorruptible, and announces a free virtual fireside chat with Eric Ries on April 29.
- Wed, Apr 29, 2026
SCAPE Durango: Intimate Book Launch with Eric Ries
The SW Colorado Accelerator Program hosts an exclusive 35-seat book launch with Eric Ries at Maria's Reading Room in Durango, exploring how to scale without losing what made a company great.
- Tue, Apr 28, 2026 Redwood City
Startup Grind: 'What's Next After Vibe Coding'
Startup Grind 2026 ran at the Fox Theater in Redwood City. Eric took the Breakout Stage at Club Fox from 10:00 to 10:30 with Emmanuel Straschnov, co-CEO of Bubble.
- Mon, Apr 27, 2026
Hacking HR LinkedIn Live: Why Good Companies Go Bad
Eric joins Hacking HR founder Enrique Rubio for a live conversation on LinkedIn, reaching a community of over one million HR and people leaders.
- Wed, Apr 22, 2026
Innovation Depot Live Stream with Eric Ries & Michael Testa
Innovation Depot in Birmingham hosts an in-person live stream with Eric Ries and Wunderfan co-founder Michael Testa discussing Incorruptible and building for long-term impact.
- Thu, Apr 16, 2026
Textbook Ventures Virtual Fireside Chat: 'latest thinking from the Lean Startup guru'
Textbook Ventures hosts a virtual fireside chat with Eric Ries to discuss Incorruptible, moderated by Jeremy Kagan.
- Tue, Apr 14, 2026
Andrew D'Souza Hosts AI-Moderated Fireside Chat with Eric Ries
D'Souza founded Clearco and then Boardy, an AI that people talk to directly. He moderated this fireside between Eric and Boardy itself, with registration handled by chatting to the AI.
- Tue, Apr 14, 2026 Bloomington
Morgenstern Books, Bloomington: Eric Ries Joins Virtually for an In-Store Author Event
Morgenstern Books is an independent bookstore in Bloomington, Indiana. Eric joined its author event by video, with the local Ivy Tech campus and the regional Small Business Development Center as partners.
- Mon, Apr 13, 2026
IO2026 Summit: Virtual Fireside Chat
The IO2026 Summit is Brian Ardinger's Inside Outside Innovation gathering, held at the Sheldon Museum of Art in Lincoln, Nebraska. Eric joined by video for a twenty-minute session titled 'Becoming Incorruptible.'
- Sat, Apr 11, 2026
All People Powered: Eric Ries Judges $30K Pitch Contest in Oakland
Eric judged the All People Powered pitch contest at the Calvin Simmons Theatre in Oakland, where three Bay Area startups competed for $30,000 awarded on the spot. The one-night event was built around the hip-hop musical Co-Founders and championed by Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee.
- Sat, Apr 11, 2026
Purpose Pledge Fireside Chat: 'stockpile trust'
Eric joins Purpose Pledge for a fireside chat. Ann Armbrecht of the Sustainable Herbs Initiative shared detailed highlights on LinkedIn.
- Fri, Apr 10, 2026
SEED SPOT Fireside Chat with Eric Ries
SEED SPOT ran the conversation as an interactive Zoom session open to anyone who registered, with its chief executive, Shannon McGhee, putting the questions to Eric.
- Tue, Apr 7, 2026
Long Now Foundation: Incorruptible by Design
The Long Now Foundation runs its talks series on civilization-scale timescales; Eric's, at the Cowell Theater in Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, was hosted by Denise Hearn, the foundation's Director of Strategic Initiatives. He proposed redefining profit as the maximization of human flourishing and described what he calls mission transmission, building a company around a coherent set of values so that profit follows from them.
- Thu, Apr 2, 2026
CU Boulder: Startups & Sandwiches
Eric joins the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business in Boulder, Colorado for the final installment of the spring 2026 Startups & Sandwiches series. Students gathered in Koelbel 218 for a virtual visit covering the ideas behind Incorruptible. Ries challenged the audience to reconsider the foundations of modern business, arguing that shareholder primacy is 'an idea that has basically caused its own intellectual collapse' and that there is now good evidence for how to build organizations that stay true to human flourishing over the long term.
- Thu, Mar 12, 2026
LinkedIn Live: Can Founders Win Big and Stay Principled?
Eric joins Unshackled Ventures partner Shaherose Charania for a live conversation on LinkedIn exploring whether the pressure to scale and the pressure to stay principled are truly in conflict — or whether incorruptible design makes them the same thing.
- Tue, Mar 10, 2026
OGR Torino Scaleup Summit: 'What's Next After Lean — Building Incorruptible Companies'
Eric delivers a fireside chat at OGR Torino in Turin, Italy as part of the Scaleup Summit, sharing reflections on the relationship between innovation, sustainable growth, and long-term vision. The event launches OGR Bridging Growth — a six-month program by Fondazione CRT and Mind the Bridge to accelerate 15 startups internationally, culminating in a CEO Retreat in Silicon Valley. Ries previews themes from Incorruptible, arguing that the systems designed to build companies often end up destroying their souls.