Eric Ries

http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com
San Francisco, California, United States

Investor
Member since October 14, 2008

VEQ: What is this?

56 Splash Points
16 followers
1 company followed
40 stories written

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Eric's stories from VatorNews

Open innovation in DC

Using public policy to promote economic growth through entrepreneurship

Why do we do this?

There's a chance to prevent failure and entrepreneurs are following 'best practices' that don't work

The lean startup bundle

Some books and good reading material to learn more about the lean startup

More news:
» Stop lying on stage
» Good enough never is, or is it?
» The visionary's lament
» The Superbowl ad test
» Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium
» Some IPO speculation
» See Eric's channel

About Eric

Work/education

Activities

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Investor interests

Investments made	500 Startups, WP Engine, Votizen, Nuzzel, The Muse, Munchery, SendHub, Unbounce, Hey, Rally, Tout, Circle
Credentials	None

Full bio

Author,speaker, consultant at The Lean Startup. I work full time with entrepreneurs ofall stripes, trying to change the way startups are built. Learn more at theblog, Startup Lessons Learnedor follow me on Twitter.

Past:

VentureAdvisor at KleinerPerkins Caufield & Byers

Co-founder,CTO, VP Engineering at IMVU

SeniorSoftware Engineer at There

Angel investments and exits:

500 Startups (funded)
WP Engine (funded)
Votizen (acquired by Causes)
Nuzzel (funded)
The Muse (funded)
Munchery (funded)
SendHub (funded)
Unbounce (funded)
Hey (funded)
Rally (funded)
Tout (funded)
CircleCi (funded)

Education

2000 Yale University

Investor

Accredited	No
Investment List	500 Startups, WP Engine, Votizen, Nuzzel, The Muse, Munchery, SendHub, Unbounce, Hey, Rally, Tout, Circle

Eric added investments in: 500 Startups, WP Engine, Votizen, Nuzzel, The Muse, Munchery, SendHub, Unbounce, Hey, Rally, Tout, Circle on May 23

Eric filled out investment critera. on May 23

Eric published an article, "Open innovation in DC" on VatorNews

Eric was mentioned in a VatorNews article "Square securing new round at $200M valuation?"

Eric published an article, "Why do we do this?" on VatorNews

Eric was mentioned in a VatorNews article "Vator Splash NY submission period ending soon"

Eric was mentioned in a VatorNews article "Eric Ries to speak at Amplify, Nov. 18 in SF"

Eric published an article, "The lean startup bundle" on VatorNews

Eric was mentioned in a VatorNews article "Investors buddy up to Buddy Media with $23M"

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