Eric Ries
Entrepreneur and author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup, Eric Ries is the creator of the Lean Startup methodology, which has become a global movement in business.
Eric Ries is an entrepreneur and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup, which has been translated into nearly thirty languages. He is the creator of the Lean Startup methodology, which has become a global movement in business, practiced by individuals and companies around the world.
He has founded a number of startups, including IMVU, where he served as CTO, and he has advised on business and product strategy for startups, venture capital firms and large companies, including GE, who he partnered with on the FastWorks programme.
Eric served as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School, IDEO and Pivotal, and he is the founder and CEO of the Long-Term Stock Exchange. In 2015, he ran a Kickstarter campaign to produce The Leader’s Guide, which went on to become one of the top Kickstarter book campaigns of all time.
Eric Ries is the keynote speaker at Implement Thought Leaders 2019.