I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMA

	I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMA
	773 points by eries 1 day ago \| 547 comments
	tl;dr: Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, is hosting an AMA to promote his new book Incorruptible, which examines "financial gravity"—the structural forces that pull mission-driven companies away from their original purpose. The book analyzes how organizations like Costco, Patagonia, and Novo Nordisk have been structured to resist this drift. Ries also founded the Long-Term Stock Exchange, co-founded Answer.AI with Jeremy Howard, and has advised companies on governance, including Anthropic.
	HN Discussion: ↓Leadership and people, not structure, are what keep companies true to their mission ↑Recommends related reading on systemic corruption that reinforces the book's themes ↑Appreciates the book's argument and finds structural focus more compelling than alternatives ~Questions how the framework handles cases where 'corruption' actually serves more users or tech-industry dynamics •Challenges author to address Friedman doctrine or specific cases like Disney and Anthropic