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Eric Ries

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If you're willing to be principled in your decision making, you will get these unexpected rewards. But most leaders, when asked to defend their principles, can't do it because they've been taught ROI-based thinking, shareholder primacy, that's the path of maximum profitability.

“If you're willing to be principled in your decision making, you will get these unexpected rewards. But most leaders, when asked to defend their principles, can't do it because they've been taught ROI-based thinking, shareholder primacy, that's the path of maximum profitability.”
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Eric Ries
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

03 / evaluation

Because they've been taught ROI-based thinking, they've been taught shareholder primacy, they've been taught that that's the path of maximum profitability.

“Because they've been taught ROI-based thinking, they've been taught shareholder primacy, they've been taught that that's the path of maximum profitability.”
Speaker
Eric Ries
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

05 / evaluation

They weren't even paying any money. And they're like, "Yes, we will incur the wrath of nation state level hackers to protect you because it's the right thing to do for no reward whatsoever.

“They weren't even paying any money. And they're like, "Yes, we will incur the wrath of nation state level hackers to protect you because it's the right thing to do for no reward whatsoever.”
Speaker
Eric Ries
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

06 / evaluation

Its purpose is super clear. And again, if you think it doesn't matter what the product manager who runs Hellman's mayonnaise thinks the purpose is, going back to our vital farms question, think how easy it would be when an efficiency consultant shows up and says, "I think we could save three cents on the bill of materials if you just make the thing carcinogenic.

“Its purpose is super clear. And again, if you think it doesn't matter what the product manager who runs Hellman's mayonnaise thinks the purpose is, going back to our vital farms question, think how easy it would be when an efficiency consultant shows up and says, "I think we could save three cents on the bill of materials if you just make the thing carcinogenic.”
Speaker
Eric Ries
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

07 / evaluation

To them, it's just the obviously right way to go. And it's funny to me, one of the most important aspects of it that I think stands up really well, and it's been 15 years, is that so many of these AI products that leaving the models and the underlying technology aside, these specific products that have taken the world by storm, you can really tell that the AI labs themselves did not know they were going to be as popular as they turned out to be.

“To them, it's just the obviously right way to go. And it's funny to me, one of the most important aspects of it that I think stands up really well, and it's been 15 years, is that so many of these AI products that leaving the models and the underlying technology aside, these specific products that have taken the world by storm, you can really tell that the AI labs themselves did not know they were going to be as popular as they turned out to be.”
Speaker
Eric Ries
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast
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