Eric Ries
Author of The Lean Startup; co-founder of IMVU and founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange.
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- Eric Ries is an American entrepreneur and author.
- After co-founding the social network IMVU in 2004 and serving as its CTO until 2008, he wrote up the lean startup method, combining Steve Blank's customer development with lean software development, first on his blog in 2008 and then in The Lean Startup (2011).
- He followed it with The Startup Way (2017) and Incorruptible (2026).
- He started organising the Long-Term Stock Exchange in 2015, which the SEC approved as a national securities exchange in 2019.
Key facts
- Born
- 22 September 19781
- Education
- BS in computer science, Yale University1
- IMVU
- Co-founded the social network with Will Harvey in 2004; CTO until 2008, then a board observer1
- The Lean Startup
- Began writing about the method on his blog in 2008; the book (2011) debuted at number 2 on The New York Times Best Seller list1
- Long-Term Stock Exchange
- Began organising it in 2015; the SEC approved it as a national securities exchange on 10 May 20191
- Books
- The Lean Startup (2011); The Startup Way (2017); Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad... and How Great Companies Stay Great (2026)1
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