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Latest episodes

Standing out, finding the right investors, and the future of work | Roy Bahat (Bloomberg Beta)

October 15, 2026 · 53 min

Roy Bahat leads Bloomberg Beta, a venture capital firm focused on the future of work and how AI is reshaping it. The firm’s investments include Slack, Replit, Flexport, and MasterClass. Before launching Bloomberg Beta, Roy founded a…
How Veeva Became the First Public Company to Convert to a Public Benefit Corporation | Peter Gassner

September 24, 2026 · 42 min

What if maximizing shareholder value can actually make a company less valuable? Peter Gassner is the founder and CEO of Veeva Systems, a cloud software company serving the life sciences industry. Before founding Veeva, Peter built…
A Founder’s Guide to Pivoting Without Killing the Company | Misha Esipov

January 8, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

Misha Esipov is the co-founder and CEO of Nova Credit. In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I talk with Misha about what it takes to build a company inside one of the hardest parts of finance to break into. Misha immigrated to the United…
Escaping the Zero-Sum Economy: A New Model for Local Prosperity | Zita Cobb

December 11, 2025 · 1 hr 24 min

Zita Cobb grew up on Fogo Island, a remote fishing community off the coast of Newfoundland that operated for centuries without cash. Her childhood was shaped by a deep sense of place, the collapse of the inshore fishery, and a belief that…
The Ultimate Guide for Creating Products People Trust | Seth Goldman (Honest Tea)

November 20, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min

Most companies scale by cutting corners. Seth Goldman built a brand by refusing to. Seth is one of the founders of Honest Tea, a longtime chair at Beyond Meat, and the cofounder of Just Ice Tea. His career has been defined by a belief that…

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How the Former U.S. CTO Built a $3B Healthcare Company Powered by Love | Todd Park

November 6, 2025 · 1 hr 32 min

Most companies optimize for profit. Devoted Health was built to serve people. In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I sit down with Todd Park, co-founder of Devoted Health and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, to explore what it looks…
The G.O.A.T.s of Kindness on Bootstrapping a Purpose-Driven Company | Dr. Brent Ridge & Josh Kilmer-Purcell

October 23, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

Most companies talk about purpose. Beekman 1802 made it their operating system. In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I sit down with Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, co-founders of Beekman 1802, to explore how a small act of…
From Fired CEO to Billion-Dollar Exit: How Lukas Biewald Turned Failure into the Future of AI

October 9, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

Lukas Biewald has been shaping the future of AI for nearly two decades. In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, we explore how his early passion for the board game Go, his hard-won lessons as a founder, and his focus on alignment and…
How to move beyond bureaucracy, not waste talent, and innovate faster | Michele Zanini & Gary Hamel

September 25, 2025 · 1 hr 37 min

Bureaucracy was once a breakthrough. Today, it’s become a costly drag on innovation, human potential, and business impact. In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I sit down with Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini, authors of Humanocracy, to…
From Blacksmith to Billionaire: The Making of Patagonia’s Ethos

September 11, 2025 · 1 hr 29 min

Patagonia has always been different. While so many companies lose their way when profits come before people, the planet, or even their own products, Patagonia continues to stay true to its values. In today’s episode of The Eric Ries Show…
“AI Will Break the Internet” — Cloudflare CEO’s Big Prediction

August 28, 2025 · 1 hr 19 min

What if your company’s mission turned out to be bigger than you imagined? In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I speak with Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, now a $70 billion company defending 20% of all internet…
Inside Vercel: The $3B giant that’s changed coding forever

August 7, 2025 · 1 hr 19 min

In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I’m joined by Guillermo Rauch, CEO and founder of Vercel—a company powering the front end of the internet for brands like OpenAI, Nintendo, Chick-fil-A, and many more. Guillermo’s journey began far…

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About the show

Founder, entrepreneur, and best-selling author of The Lean Startup Eric Ries discusses how to build profitable companies for the long-term benefit of society. Ries talks with world-class technologists, thought leaders, executives, and others working to create a new ecosystem of trustworthy organizations with limitless potential for growth and a deep commitment to purpose. Together, they uncover the tools and methods to ensure the next generation of companies are designed to maximize human flourishing for generations.