Eric Ries
InvestorFounderAdvisor at Graham Walker Venture · Founder/CEO at Long Term Stock Exchange
Bay Area
About
Founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange and author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way. He created the Lean Startup methodology and has founded and advised numerous startups and companies.
Founder/CEO at Long Term Stock ExchangeYC S17
Intro paths
YC
Eric went through Y Combinator (Summer 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Eric can intro founders to Long Term Stock Exchange's investors below.
Long Term Stock Exchange's investors · 7
Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksCollaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M checksFloodgateMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checksLowercase CapitalJacksonObvious VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $6M checksSeraph GroupMilton · $50K – $2M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017
Co-founders at Long Term Stock Exchange
JB
John BautistaFounder
Experience
- Long-Term Stock ExchangeChair, LTSE Servicescurrent2024 — present
- Long-Term Stock ExchangeFounder and Executive Chairman, LTSE2023 — 2024
- Long-Term Stock ExchangeCEO2012 — 2023
- VirgilCo-Founder & Directorcurrent2024 — present
- AnswerDotAICo-Foundercurrent2023 — present
- The Lean StartupAuthorcurrent2008 — presentSan Francisco
- Lean Startup Co.Foundercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- O'Reilly MediaSeries Editor, The Lean Series2012 — 2022
- IDEOFellow2011 — 2019
- Singularity UniversityFaculty Chair, Entrepreneurship Track2012 — 2019NASA Ames
- New ContextGeneral Partner2012 — 2019San Francisco
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersVenture Advisor2008 — 2009
- IMVUCo-founder, CTO, VP Engineering2004 — 2008
- ThereSenior Software Engineer2001 — 2004
Education
- Yale UniversityBS, Computer Science1996 — 2000
Skills & more
Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Venture Capital99Product Management99Mobile Applications99Mobile Devices98User Experience92Agile Methodologies79Cloud Computing53Product Development99Software Development66SaaS43
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Business DevelopmentSocial MediaScalabilityBloggingFrom Eric's professional profile.
Books by Eric Ries
Colleagues at Graham Walker Venture
Network4
Anna Fang
Founding Partner at ZhenFund
Carlos Eduardo Espinal
Managing Partner at Seedcamp
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Jackie Vullinghs
Partner at AirTree Ventures
Turner Novak
Investor at Banana Capital
Investors connected to Eric in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Eric Ries work?
- Eric Ries is Advisor at Graham Walker Venture and Founder/CEO at Long Term Stock Exchange.
- What companies did Eric Ries found?
- Eric Ries founded Long Term Stock Exchange.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,732
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptJessica LivingstonFounder, RetiredFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded Pursuit +1
+ 8,725 more
Yale University mafia182
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Michael SeibelBAFounded SocialCamJustin KanPhysics and PhilosophyFounded Rye +5Kevin RyanBAFounded Business Insider +2Harry GrunerFounded Hilos +2Emmett ShearBSFounded Softmax +2Jake SchwartzBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Brave Health +1
+ 175 more
Kleiner Perkins mafia52
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Raphael RouvinovEngineering FellowFounded Luminopia +1Rebecca LeeKleiner Perkins FellowFounded Elayne +1Jesse HuEngineering FellowFounded Abundant +1Ted SchleinGeneral PartnerFounded GetReal SecurityMuzzammil (MZ) ZaveriPartnerFounded ProxinoDr. Cheryl MartinExecutive in ResidenceFounded Renmatix
+ 45 more
IDEO mafia8
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Dr. Cory KiddStartup in Residence CEOFounded Catalia HealthDan BomzePartnerships & InvestingFounded MileiqScott TongPrincipal Communication DesignerFounded IFTTTCourtney ChowVenture Design | BlockchainFounded EvcaTope AlabiFellowFounded AfriexMelody RobertsProgram Lead, TransformationFounded Liv Labs
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Same school
Also attended Yale University619
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorZheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesAnthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Karthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Shared employers
Also worked at IDEO46
Tom HulmeInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Abby StrongMarketing & Operations Manager at Scale Venture PartnersJoe GerberGeneral Partner at IDEO CoLab VenturesCharlota K. BlunarovaDesign & Brand at IDEO CoLab VenturesPierre La BaumeDesign & Strategy at IDEO CoLab VenturesShuya GongDesign & Futures at IDEO CoLab Ventures
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