Eric Ries: Why Investors Destroy Your Business (And How to Stop Them)
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The "Golden Goose" Trap: Why Investors Destroy Your Business (And How to Stop Them) | Eric Ries
You build a business. It works. It makes money. Then, you bring in investors or sell to Private Equity.
And they immediately start tearing out the exact things that made you successful in the first place.
They call it "professionalizing." You call it watching your baby die a death by a thousand cuts.
Eric Ries, the legendary founder of the Lean Startup movement, calls it corruption. And in this episode, he explains exactly why it happens—and how to build an "incorruptible" company that they can't steal from you.
We cover:
- Why standard Silicon Valley "best practices" are actively destroying value.
- The "Golden Goose" trap that catches 99% of successful founders.
- Why keeping your options open is the worst thing you can do for your company's future.
- How to spot the "Torchbearers" in your organization (and why you need them in a crisis).
- The truth about AI, Claude Code, and why this is the greatest time in history to start a business.
If you've ever worried about losing control of the thing you built, you cannot afford to miss this.
Links:
• Get Eric's new book, Incorruptible: https://www.incorruptible.co/
• Follow Eric on X: https://x.com/ericries
This is the way.
Hanley
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