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.

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A Founder’s Guide to Pivoting Without Killing the Company | Misha Esipov
Jan. 8, 2026

A Founder’s Guide to Pivoting Without Killing the Company | Misha Esipov

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 States from the Soviet Union as a child and watched his parents rebuild their lives from scratch. Years later, after a conventional path through math, finance, and business school, that experience resurfaced as a question that wouldn’t let go. Why do capabl
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Escaping the Zero-Sum Economy: A New Model for Local Prosperity | Zita Cobb
Dec. 11, 2025

Escaping the Zero-Sum Economy: A New Model for Local Prosperity | Zita Cobb

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 communities survive through mutual care. When she left to study business, and later helped build JDS Uniphase into one of the most successful high-tech companies of its era, she carried those ideas with her. The rise and fall of the telecom bubble gave her a fr
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The Ultimate Guide for Creating Products People Trust | Seth Goldman (Honest Tea)
Nov. 20, 2025

The Ultimate Guide for Creating Products People Trust | Seth Goldman (Honest Tea)

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 Iced Tea. His career has been defined by a belief that business can be a force for human and environmental good. From a thermos of tea brewed in his kitchen to national distribution and acquisition by Coca-Cola, he has spent decades exploring how values can live inside systems built for profit. In this epis
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How the Former U.S. CTO Built a $3B Healthcare Company Powered by Love | Todd Park
Nov. 6, 2025

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

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 like to design a company for human flourishing at scale. Todd shares how Devoted earned one of the highest trust scores in the industry and how he and his brother, Ed, built a business that treats every member like family. We talk about what it takes to
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