Eric Ries is an angel investor and the Founder & CEO of the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE). See portfolio and contact routes.
Eric Ries is an angel investor and the Founder & CEO of the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE), a platform he launched to promote long-term corporate thinking after co-founding IMVU and serving as its CTO[1][4][6]. He invests primarily at the earliest stages in mission-driven founders across sectors including education, fintech, and AI, with a geographic focus on startups he can engage with personally[3][7]. His typical check size is $10,000 or less, and he prefers to follow rather than lead, often working with companies as an advisor or informal friend before investing[3][7]. Notable portfolio companies include IMVU, which he co-founded, and LTSE, the exchange he established to reform public market incentives[4][6]. Ries is the author of *The Lean Startup* and *The Startup Way*, books that codified the lean startup methodology and reshaped entrepreneurial management practices globally[1][11]. His distinctive point of view centers on rejecting Wall Street’s short-term focus by advocating for “tenured voting” rights and prohibiting quarterly earnings forecasts for listed companies[12]. Through his public writing and podcast, *The Eric Ries Show*, he continues to champion long-termism a
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