Eric Ries

Eric Ries is an entrepreneur and the creator of the popular blog Startup Lessons Learned. He was a co-founder and served as Chief Technology Officer at IMVU, the third startup he was involved with. He is a regular speaker at business-related events and advises several startups, large companies, and venture capital firms on business strategy and product development strategy. He also frequently mentors students at Harvard Business School. The Lean Startup methodology he systematized has been featured in the "New York Times," "Wall Street Journal," "Harvard Business Review," "Huffington Post," and numerous blogs. He resides in San Francisco.