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Eric Ries

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Eric Ries is the author of the book, The Lean Startup. Previously, he co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming (Waite Group Press, 1996).

While an undergraduate at Yale Unviersity, he co-founded Catalyst Recruiting. Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content.

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech. He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups and venture capital firms. In 2008 he served as a venture advisor at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Recent Milestones

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  Eric Ries invested in CircleCi. (2/25/13)
  Posted 2/25/13 at 6:25pm via techcrunch.com
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  Eric Ries invested in The Muse. (1/22/13)
  Posted 1/22/13 at 8:16pm via allthingsd.com
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  Eric Ries invested in Nuzzel. (11/15/12)
  Posted 11/15/12 at 7:14pm via finsmes.com
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  Eric Ries invested in Munchery. (11/9/12)
  Posted 11/8/12 at 11:42pm via techcrunch.com
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  Eric Ries invested in Rally.org. (6/26/12)
  Posted 6/26/12 at 5:39am via yahoo.com
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  Eric Ries invested in Gaston Labs. (3/1/12)
  Posted 3/29/12 at 9:11am via angel.co
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  Eric Ries invested in WP Engine. (11/15/11)
  Posted 11/15/11 at 7:38pm via techcrunch.com
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  Eric Ries invested in ToutApp. (5/15/11)
  Posted 7/28/12 at 12:56pm via toutapp.com
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  Eric Ries added a position as Advisor at Veri. (1/1/11)
  Posted 5/9/11 at 9:49am
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  Eric Ries invested in Votizen. (9/23/10)
  Posted 9/28/10 at 11:18pm via techcrunch.com
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  Eric Ries added a position as CTO at IMVU.
  Posted 6/5/09 at 11:40am
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  Eric Ries added a position as Venture Advisor at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
  Posted 6/5/09 at 11:40am
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  Eric Ries added a position as Advisor at Aardvark.
  Posted 12/5/09 at 2:04pm
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  Eric Ries added a position as Advisor at Rock Health.
  Posted 6/9/11 at 4:48am

Investments

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1. CircleCI Raises $1.5M From Eric Ries And Heroku Founders For Platform To Test Web Apps (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. The Muse Career Site Raises $1.2M (allthingsd.com) [edit]
3. Nuzzel Raises $1.7M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
4. Meals Marketplace Munchery Raises $4 Million For Expansion, Now Delivering High-Quality Meals To All Of Bay Area, L.A. In 2013 (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Social Fundraising Platform, Rally.org, Raises $7.9 Million to Rally the World (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
6. angel.co [edit]
7. Silverton, Automattic Put $1.2M Into WordPress Hosting And Security Service WP Engine (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. ToutApp Raises Seed Round from Esther Dyson, Dave McClure, Eric Ries and others. (www1.toutapp.com) [edit]
9. Votizen Raises $1.5 Million To Make Sure Government Representatives Hear Your Voice (techcrunch.com) [edit]