Eric Ries
@ericries.bsky.social
Trying to change how startups are built
formerly @ericries on the bird app
formerly @ericries on the bird app
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Red Queen Bio is "is trying to make sure the AI industry's defenses are growing at least as rapidly as those who seek to exploit models to harm humans".
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I hope to see a lot more companies and non-profits started with this kind of mission. Also love the PBC trend.
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I hope to see a lot more companies and non-profits started with this kind of mission. Also love the PBC trend.
www.reuters.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Red Queen Bio is "is trying to make sure the AI industry's defenses are growing at least as rapidly as those who seek to exploit models to harm humans".
www.reuters.com/technology/o...
I hope to see a lot more companies and non-profits started with this kind of mission. Also love the PBC trend.
www.reuters.com/technology/o...
I hope to see a lot more companies and non-profits started with this kind of mission. Also love the PBC trend.
Counting down the top caves in the US that are not (yet) named for a prominent politician or statesman.
5. Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Nevada - Beautiful limestone cavern with intricate formations.
5. Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Nevada - Beautiful limestone cavern with intricate formations.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Counting down the top caves in the US that are not (yet) named for a prominent politician or statesman.
5. Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Nevada - Beautiful limestone cavern with intricate formations.
5. Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Nevada - Beautiful limestone cavern with intricate formations.
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The combo of walled-garden social media and AI replacing search means the death of the useful/open/free internet. Why would anyone create anything when it will just be summarized by AI and no one will ever see it? When social media deprecates outbound links, how will anyone find original content?
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The combo of walled-garden social media and AI replacing search means the death of the useful/open/free internet. Why would anyone create anything when it will just be summarized by AI and no one will ever see it? When social media deprecates outbound links, how will anyone find original content?
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.
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.
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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.
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.
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Seeing Ann Leckie make this point on here is kind of breaking my brain because she wrote a 1200 page trilogy with this idea as one of the major themes lol. Go check out Ancillary Justice if you like scifi because it rules.
I suspect that the techbros who read the SFF stories about robots rebelling decided that the moral of the story was "design them so they won't" and they think that's actually possible and desirable.
side point but the idea that if you make a human grade robot intellect it will do whatever you say without protest seems underexamined
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Seeing Ann Leckie make this point on here is kind of breaking my brain because she wrote a 1200 page trilogy with this idea as one of the major themes lol. Go check out Ancillary Justice if you like scifi because it rules.
This is a chronic problem in all kinds of metrics-obsessed systems (OKRs, compensation, engagement, etc). We easily draw conclusions about cause and effect without double-checking the intermediate steps in the causality.
cc @sethgodin.bsky.social's work on false proxies
cc @sethgodin.bsky.social's work on false proxies
I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
October 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is a chronic problem in all kinds of metrics-obsessed systems (OKRs, compensation, engagement, etc). We easily draw conclusions about cause and effect without double-checking the intermediate steps in the causality.
cc @sethgodin.bsky.social's work on false proxies
cc @sethgodin.bsky.social's work on false proxies
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 compassion grew into a multimillion-dollar skincare brand rooted in community and purpose.
October 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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 compassion grew into a multimillion-dollar skincare brand rooted in community and purpose.
this was a good reminder, for anyone still dealing with Office subscription pain
I keep seeing friends who aren't thrilled that Word is newly enshittified. At the risk of sounding like one of Those Guys, there is a magnificent, full featured, entirely free alternative called Libre Office that works on all platforms. I've used it exclusively for over a decade.
October 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
this was a good reminder, for anyone still dealing with Office subscription pain
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No startups, no science: How the Republican Administration switched off America's most important engine of economic success.
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Steve Blank No Science, No Startups: The Innovation Engine We’re Switching Off
Tons of words have been written about the Trump Administrations war on Science in Universities. But few people have asked what, exactly, is science? How does it work? Who are the scientists? What d…
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October 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
No startups, no science: How the Republican Administration switched off America's most important engine of economic success.
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I purchased this on launch day - very excited to read it. Ken Liu is a phenomenal writer.
PS. If you haven't read The Grace of Kings you're really missing out.
PS. If you haven't read The Grace of Kings you're really missing out.
It's launch day for the US edition of ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM!
What is the future for human art in the age of AI? What kind of AI is actually helpful? These are some of the questions driving this techno-thriller.
Get it from wherever you prefer to get your books.
@sagapressbooks.bsky.social
What is the future for human art in the age of AI? What kind of AI is actually helpful? These are some of the questions driving this techno-thriller.
Get it from wherever you prefer to get your books.
@sagapressbooks.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I purchased this on launch day - very excited to read it. Ken Liu is a phenomenal writer.
PS. If you haven't read The Grace of Kings you're really missing out.
PS. If you haven't read The Grace of Kings you're really missing out.
Lukas Biewald has been shaping the future of AI for nearly two decades. In this episode, we explore how his early passion for the board game Go, his hard-won lessons as a founder, and his focus on alignment and culture helped him build Weights & Biases into a trusted toolmaker in machine learning.
October 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Lukas Biewald has been shaping the future of AI for nearly two decades. In this episode, we explore how his early passion for the board game Go, his hard-won lessons as a founder, and his focus on alignment and culture helped him build Weights & Biases into a trusted toolmaker in machine learning.
I'm incredibly excited to share the new "solveit" course with you.
Basically anyone who finds vibecoding frustrating or hasn't gotten a lot of value out of the whole agents thing (even if they're afraid to say so) will get a lot out of it
www.answer.ai/posts/2025-1...
Basically anyone who finds vibecoding frustrating or hasn't gotten a lot of value out of the whole agents thing (even if they're afraid to say so) will get a lot out of it
www.answer.ai/posts/2025-1...
Launching Solveit, the antidote to AI fatigue – Answer.AI
Practical AI R&D
www.answer.ai
October 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I'm incredibly excited to share the new "solveit" course with you.
Basically anyone who finds vibecoding frustrating or hasn't gotten a lot of value out of the whole agents thing (even if they're afraid to say so) will get a lot out of it
www.answer.ai/posts/2025-1...
Basically anyone who finds vibecoding frustrating or hasn't gotten a lot of value out of the whole agents thing (even if they're afraid to say so) will get a lot out of it
www.answer.ai/posts/2025-1...
Bureaucracy was once a breakthrough. Today, it’s become a costly drag on innovation, human potential, and business impact. I sit down with Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini, authors of Humanocracy, to explore how organizations can move beyond outdated management models and unlock true human thriving.
September 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Bureaucracy was once a breakthrough. Today, it’s become a costly drag on innovation, human potential, and business impact. I sit down with Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini, authors of Humanocracy, to explore how organizations can move beyond outdated management models and unlock true human thriving.
I hadn't considered this angle; I wonder what will happen as a result
Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.
September 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I hadn't considered this angle; I wonder what will happen as a result
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.
September 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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.
not true. reporting was semiannual until 1970. many UK and EU companies also report semiannually
Quarterly obligation to produce audited financial statements and disclose other material information concerning publicly traded companies goes back to 1934 Act, after 1929 crash.
Even a 5% reporting cost structure would be a small price to pay for capital market integrity and investor protection.
Even a 5% reporting cost structure would be a small price to pay for capital market integrity and investor protection.
September 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
not true. reporting was semiannual until 1970. many UK and EU companies also report semiannually
There's really good evidence that quarterly reporting is costing the US economy billions. Studies suggest it's at least a 5% tax on the value of every company that forced to report this way.
It's time to do something about it:
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
It's time to do something about it:
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | The Renewed Bid to End Quarterly Earnings Reports
The Long-Term Stock Exchange plans to petition regulators to allow public companies to share results less frequently.
www.wsj.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
There's really good evidence that quarterly reporting is costing the US economy billions. Studies suggest it's at least a 5% tax on the value of every company that forced to report this way.
It's time to do something about it:
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
It's time to do something about it:
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
What if your company’s mission turned out to be bigger than you imagined?
Today, I speak with Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, now a $70 billion company defending 20% of all internet traffic.
Today, I speak with Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, now a $70 billion company defending 20% of all internet traffic.
August 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
What if your company’s mission turned out to be bigger than you imagined?
Today, I speak with Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, now a $70 billion company defending 20% of all internet traffic.
Today, I speak with Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, now a $70 billion company defending 20% of all internet traffic.
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.
August 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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.
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
Tom Lehrer was the absolute GOAT. May he rest in peace.
Among the many awesome things he did, near the end of his life, he put all of his work in the public domain, including music, lyrics and his performance notes.
Among the many awesome things he did, near the end of his life, he put all of his work in the public domain, including music, lyrics and his performance notes.
July 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Tom Lehrer was the absolute GOAT. May he rest in peace.
Among the many awesome things he did, near the end of his life, he put all of his work in the public domain, including music, lyrics and his performance notes.
Among the many awesome things he did, near the end of his life, he put all of his work in the public domain, including music, lyrics and his performance notes.
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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Anil, thanks, very much appreciated!
You know, I just sold a monitor on Craigslist and it was effortless, took only 2 days, was painless and free, and let me meet an interesting neighbor who I might never have met otherwise. A miracle of the good internet, just as it was 25 years ago. Still grateful to you, @craignewmark.bsky.social!
July 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Anil, thanks, very much appreciated!
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A quick @skylight.social update ✨
If you’re a creator posting videos to Skylight ⬇️ drop a comment! I want to come follow you!!
Shout out to all of the people who helped us troubleshoot sign-in earlier 💕
Y’all are literally the backbone of this operation
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
If you’re a creator posting videos to Skylight ⬇️ drop a comment! I want to come follow you!!
Shout out to all of the people who helped us troubleshoot sign-in earlier 💕
Y’all are literally the backbone of this operation
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
July 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
A quick @skylight.social update ✨
If you’re a creator posting videos to Skylight ⬇️ drop a comment! I want to come follow you!!
Shout out to all of the people who helped us troubleshoot sign-in earlier 💕
Y’all are literally the backbone of this operation
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
If you’re a creator posting videos to Skylight ⬇️ drop a comment! I want to come follow you!!
Shout out to all of the people who helped us troubleshoot sign-in earlier 💕
Y’all are literally the backbone of this operation
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽