Eric Ries
InvestorFounderAdvisor at Graham Walker Venture · Founder at LTSE Group · Founder/CEO at LTSE Services, Inc. · Founder at LTSE Holdings
Bay Area
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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 at LTSE Group
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LTSE Group's investors · 1
Founder/CEO at LTSE Services, Inc.YC S17
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LTSE Services, Inc.'s investors · 8
500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2016Andreessen 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 LTSE Services, Inc.
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John BautistaFounder
Founder at LTSE Holdings
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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
Skills & more
Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Venture Capital99Product Management99Mobile Applications99Mobile Devices98User Experience92Agile Methodologies79Cloud Computing53Product Development99Software Development66SaaS43
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Books by Eric Ries
Colleagues at Graham Walker Venture
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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
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Eric Ries?
- 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.
- Where does Eric Ries work?
- Eric Ries is Founder of LTSE Group and Advisor at Graham Walker Venture and Founder/CEO at LTSE Services, Inc. and Co-founder at LTSE Holdings.
- What companies did Eric Ries found?
- Eric Ries founded LTSE Group, LTSE Holdings, LTSE Services, Inc..
- Where did Eric Ries go to school?
- Eric Ries studied at Yale University (BS, Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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Yale University mafia373
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Michael SeibelBAFounded SocialCamBen SilbermannB.A.Founded Audiobeta +2Justin KanPhysics and PhilosophyFounded Stash +6Jonathan RothbergDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded Raindance Technologies +4Donald IngberDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Unravel Biosciences +3Kevin RyanBAFounded Transcend Therapeutics +2
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Kleiner Perkins mafia67
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Brook ByersFounderFounded Insite Vision +1Jonah GreenbergerEarly(ish)-stage investor / Kleiner-Perkins scoutFounded Bright Exchange +1Raphael RouvinovEngineering FellowFounded Luminopia +1Rebecca LeeKleiner Perkins FellowFounded Elayne +1Jesse HuEngineering FellowFounded Abundant +1Valentin PerezKPCB Fellow '16Founded DAYCATION +1
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IDEO mafia29
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Jeff ChapinDesignerFounded Haven Energy +1Mel van LondenDesigner and DeveloperFounded Develophealth +1Arvind GuptaDesign Director - Product Design and StrategyFounded IndiebioAlexander GrotsManaging Director Germany, Associate Partner IDEO Inc. Palo AltoFounded ProgloveDan BomzePartnerships & InvestingFounded MileiqScott TongPrincipal Communication DesignerFounded IFTTT
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O'Reilly Media mafia9
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Evan WilliamsMarketing CoordinatorFounded MoziDylan FieldOnline Marketing InternFounded FigmaAlistair CrollCo-chair, Next:MoneyFounded Startupfest +1Adam GoldsteinAuthorFounded Astonishing Labs +1Clarence ChioAuthorFounded Coverbase +1Douwe OsingaAuthorFounded Neptyne
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Same school
Shared employers
Also worked at IDEO67
Tom HulmeInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Abby StrongMarketing & Operations Manager at Scale Venture PartnersJoe GerberGeneral Partner at IDEO CoLab VenturesPierre La BaumeDesign & Strategy at IDEO CoLab VenturesHeyu HuangPartner at Fresco CapitalNancy XuImpact Partner at Fresco Capital
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