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#61: Why Good Companies Go Bad: Building Businesses That Stay True to Their Mission with Eric Ries
Why do successful companies so often abandon the very mission that made them successful? And what can founders do to prevent it?
In this episode of World's Greatest Business Thinkers, host Nick Hague speaks with Eric Ries, founder and Chair at the Long-Term Stock Exchange and bestselling author of Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad, about the hidden forces that undermine organisational integrity as businesses grow. Eric introduces the concept of financial gravity, explaining how investor pressure and shareholder primacy gradually reshape decision-making, often pushing mission-driven…
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