Eric Ries

Today at 5pm PT I'm speaking at UC Berkeley's A. Richard Newton Lecture Series (Berkeley Changemaker course), over Zoom: NEWTON LIVE: The Lean Startup & Innovation. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-27...

Brian Behm, Wild Construct: "we organized Wild Construct from the beginning to force the board to base their success metrics on more than just revenue. Definite inspiration from Eric Ries Incorruptible." howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-01...

Anthropic filed its S-1 today. Who controls it, per the filing: a trust with no financial stake elects 4 of 7 directors, the founders hold a fixed 50.1% of the vote, employees earn votes through tenure and charity pledges, and Amazon and Google can't vote. www.anthropic.com/news/s1-sec

Sonali Kothari, an employee-ownership advocate, on Incorruptible: "Incorruptible takes on the next question: why good companies drift, and what structural choices around ownership, governance, and incentives matter." howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-05-26...

Barnes & Noble has named Incorruptible one of The Best Books of 2026 in Business. Grateful. www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/the-bes...

Curtis Mason, a startup advisor, in his Goodreads review of Incorruptible: "There are fantastic principles of governance to be found here. Best book that I have read this year!" howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-05-16...

Recent stops: Stanford ETL, the NACD Directors Summit, a fireside with Janet Napolitano at Inc. 5000, and a conversation with Krista Tippett at Masters of Scale. Next: UC Berkeley's Newton Lecture, Tuesday 10/27, 5pm PT on Zoom. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/events/

Seth Godin on Incorruptible: "It’s based on the clear truth that our economic system is filled with incentives that cause well-meaning people (especially bosses) to make short-term, selfish and toxic decisions." howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-05-26...

Yesterday at the Masters of Scale Summit, in conversation with Krista Tippett of On Being. Photo: Madeline McIntosh. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-22...

Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor: "Incorruptible by Eric Ries is such an important book!" howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-18...

At the Masters of Scale Summit in San Francisco today. Say hi if you're there. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-22...

Tomorrow I'm speaking at the Masters of Scale Summit at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-22...

Brittany Christenson, CEO of AidKit: "The lesson I took from this book: values matter, but structure matters more." incorruptible.co

Anthropic is committing 5% of its shares to a new Anthropic Public Benefit Fund (subject to stockholder approval), with more added as the company’s value grows. A public-benefit commitment written into the ownership itself. www.anthropic.com/news/public-...

The Secret CFO, a former CFO of a multi-billion dollar company, on Incorruptible: "Best business book I've read in quite some time." howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-10...

"influencers" are overrated, and in fact one of the bad things about social media is its tendency to make ordinary people feel like their endorsements and signals don't matter. the opposite is true! all social media reality is algorithmically constructed, but your real relationships are, well, real

This is going to be really exciting. Congratulations @billgross.com to everyone else: please steal Bill's ideas!

Looking forward to joining the Masters of Scale Summit in San Francisco, Oct. 20–22! Building companies that last means challenging assumptions, rethinking how organizations operate, and learning from one another. Excited for the conversations ahead! #MoSSummit #Summit2026

Next Thursday (October 22) I'm speaking at the Masters of Scale Summit at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-22...

Scott of the Slightly Smarter newsletter on corporate governance in Incorruptible: "Done right, it's the design work that decides whether a mission survives its own success." howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-05-26...

Thank you to Inc. for Thursday's Inc. 5000 Conference in Dallas: a morning book signing, then a fireside chat with former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-15...

A Goodreads reviewer on Incorruptible: "Really interesting premise that resonated strongly: why do so many companies enshittify? Why do they betray the principles that are foundational to their success?" howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-14...

Joel Gascoigne, co-founder and CEO of Buffer: "Incorruptible is undoubtedly one of the most important books for new and growing businesses in a long time" incorruptible.co

At the Inc. 5000 Conference in Dallas today: book signing at 8:30am CT (Trinity Ballroom), then a fireside chat with former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano at 11:50am in the Dallas Ballroom. events.inc.com/2026incconfe...

Tomorrow I'm speaking at the Inc. 5000 Conference in Dallas. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-15...

Great day at the NACD Directors Summit yesterday. Tatyana Mamut, a board director who was there: "This feels like a potential seismic shift in Corporate Governance." Photos: Tatyana Mamut, Rebecca Cooke. www.nacdonline.org/nacd-events/...

Grace M. Heiderscheidt, a Bay Area product leader, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-02...

At the NACD Directors Summit today, speaking on the main stage this morning about Incorruptible. Say hi if you're there. www.nacdonline.org/nacd-events/...

Tomorrow morning I'm speaking at the NACD Directors Summit outside Washington, DC. Ahead of it, here's what board directors and chairs have said about Incorruptible. www.nacdonline.org/nacd-events/...

Alistair Croll, co-author of Lean Analytics, on giving away copies of Incorruptible: "I've given at least a dozen of these to people since it came out." howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-05...

Federica, an early-stage founder, in a Goodreads review of Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-05-30...

Wednesday at Stanford: a fireside conversation with Saikat Chaudhuri at the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series. Thank you to everyone at STVP. Photos: Saikat Chaudhuri, Felipe Contreras. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-07...

Lindsey Grossman on Incorruptible: "It is a wakeup call for any founder who takes the advice of lawyers when setting up incorporation docs and corporate structures" howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-06...

Gerald F. Lackey, PhD, a governance and strategy researcher, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-05...

My October. Keynotes: NACD Directors Summit (Oct 13) → Inc. 5000 (Oct 15) → Masters of Scale (Oct 22) Classrooms: IAE Business School (Oct 2) → MIT Sloan (Oct 5) → Duke (Oct 6) → Stanford ETL (Oct 7) → B Academics (Oct 23) → UC Berkeley (Oct 27)

Kieran, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-04-06...

Next Thursday (October 15) I'll be speaking at the Inc. 5000 Conference in Dallas. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-15...

"or whatever" is what makes it performance art

Dan Williams, a talent architect for scaling tech companies, on Incorruptible.

aw shucks

At Stanford today for the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders lecture, 4:30pm in NVIDIA Auditorium. Say hi if you're there. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-07...

Gapingvoid Culture Design Group on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-07-09...

Tomorrow at 4:30pm I'm speaking at Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series, NVIDIA Auditorium. It's open to everyone. howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-10-07...

Next Tuesday (October 13) I'm giving a main stage talk on Incorruptible at the NACD Directors Summit, the annual meeting of the National Association of Corporate Directors. If you'll be there, let's say hello. www.nacdonline.org/nacd-events/...

Change.org is investing around $100 million of its own money to rebuild its petitions platform. It can commit for the long term because it's a public benefit corporation owned by a nonprofit. www.axios.com/2026/10/02/c...

Josh Bell, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-10...

Grateful to see my new book, Incorruptible, as Amazon’s #1 Best Seller in Startups! For Prime Day, Amazon US has the Kindle edition for $1.99 and the hardcover 21% off, if you’ve been meaning to pick up a copy for yourself or a friend. Kindle: geni.us/4yjqS Hardcover: geni.us/t0pzvp

Incorruptible is $1.99 on Kindle right now. I don't know how long that will last, so if it's been on your list, now's a good time. incorruptible.co

Since launch, we've kept a public record of what people are saying about Incorruptible: nearly 700 moments so far. One of the newest, from Sami Mäkeläinen: “the most practical book about the structural rot in modern capitalism I’ve read”. howisincorruptiblegoing.com

Asya Paloni, Chief Product Officer at Welltory, on Incorruptible: howisincorruptiblegoing.com/e/2026-08-12...