Eric Ries
ericries.bsky.social
Eric Ries
@ericries.bsky.social
Trying to change how startups are built

formerly @ericries on the bird app
2. Jewel Cave, South Dakota - Third longest cave in the world, still being actively explored and mapped.

and clocking in at #1, still available:

1. Mammoth Cave, Kentucky - The world's longest known cave system with over 400 miles of surveyed passages.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
4. Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico - Features spectacular limestone chambers. Individual rooms or formations within could be naming candidates.

3. Wind Cave, South Dakota - Known for its boxwork formations. Fourth longest cave in the world with ongoing discoveries.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
You can listen to or watch the episode here:

🎥 YouTube: youtu.be/cFll3HNXR1E
🎙️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1PA861k...
🎙️ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
How the Former U.S. CTO Built a $3B Healthcare Company Powered by Love | Todd Park
YouTube video by The Eric Ries Show
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November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We talk about what it takes to operationalize love inside a system as complex as healthcare and how Devoted never saw any problem as outside its mission.
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Todd shares how Devoted earned one of the highest trust scores in the industry and how he and his brother, Ed, built a business that treats every member like family.
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
someone should go dig up tea party and other past off-year "wave" op-eds, change the dates and names, and submit them verbatim to the same mainstream outlets and report what happens
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
you might prefer the solveit method of using AI, where you simultaneously learn something while also building the artifact you want: solve.it.com
Solve It With Code
An antidote to AI fatigue - created by Jeremy Howard and the team at AnswerDotAI.
solve.it.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
That decision led to their first product, a bar of goat milk soap, and to a philosophy of entrepreneurship built on kindness and long-term thinking.
October 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
After losing their Manhattan jobs during the 2008 recession, Brent and Josh moved to a farm in upstate New York and agreed to take in 80 homeless goats from a neighbor.
October 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
You can listen to or watch the episode here:

🎥 YouTube: youtu.be/YCkt8NwtqOE
🎙️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6awL...
🎙️ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The G.O.A.T.s of Kindness on Bootstrapping a Purpose-Driven Company
YouTube video by The Eric Ries Show
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October 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Together, we talk about scaling a values-driven company, turning The Amazing Race into PR that fueled their growth, and how to make purpose authentic instead of performative. We also explore why kindness and discipline can coexist, and how the best brands instill a sense of belonging.
October 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
That decision led to their first product, a bar of goat milk soap, and to a philosophy of entrepreneurship built on kindness and long-term thinking.
October 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
After losing their Manhattan jobs during the 2008 recession, Brent and Josh moved to a farm in upstate New York and agreed to take in 80 homeless goats from a neighbor.
October 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
October 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
LMK if you decide to try and take this experiment further
October 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
bad faith is one of the biggest problems in society right now, so this could be the start of something huge. I would love to see all my social feeds and group chats scrubbed of bad faith garbage
October 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM