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Shareholder primacy

A guide to the best B2B podcast coverage of Shareholder primacy - the shows and 9 episodes that go deepest, ranked by substance, not downloads.

Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, directly addresses how going public and shareholder pressure can corrupt a company's original mission. His work examines why good companies lose their way after IPO, and proposes building incorruptible, mission-driven organizations that center human flourishing over pure profit maximization - moving beyond the shareholder primacy model that typically dominates public company strategy.

Best shows on Shareholder primacy

Best episodes on Shareholder primacy

  1. #2307 Eric Ries: Why Anthropic Won and How To Build Incurruptible companies

    Startup Stories - Mixergy · 2026-05-30

    86 / 100

    …What's called shareholder primacy.…

  2. #288 Why Great Companies Lose Their Way After Going Public with Eric Ries Author The Lean Startup

    GrowCFO Show · 2026-06-16

    84 / 100

    …Most boards today are in the grip of an idea that is called shareholder primacy.…

  3. #168 - Why Good Companies Go Bad: Eric Ries

    Outthinkers · 2026-06-02

    80 / 100

    …His new book, Incorruptible why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Companies Stay Great, makes the case that shareholder primacy, the idea that a company's sole purpose is to enrich its investors, is not a law of nature.…

  4. Why vibe coding is a slot machine (and what to do instead) | Eric Ries @ Lean Startup Co.

    saas.unbound · 2026-05-25

    77 / 100

    …And that dissonance between the mission that companies claim to have and the legally mandated shareholder primacy, it's called mission that our financial system requires them to have.…

  5. Redefining profit, centering human flourishing, and building an incorruptible mission-driven roadmap w/ Eric Ries #260

    The Engineering Leadership Podcast · 2026-05-26

    75 / 100

    …But over time, people got this idea that we should switch from what I call purposeful incorporation to this new idea called shareholder primacy.…

  6. Inverted Podcast #22: Become Incorruptible with Eric Ries

    The Inverted Podcast · 2026-05-26

    74 / 100

    …The board was enamored with all these new best practices that were emerging around that are today called go by the name of shareholder primacy.…

  7. Incorruptible: How Great Companies Stay Great with Eric Ries

    NN/G UX Podcast · 2026-05-26

    73 / 100

    …So, like, people treat shareholder primacy.…

  8. SMP 289: The Author of The Lean Startup Explains How to Build an Incorruptible Company

    Solar Maverick Podcast · 2026-06-30

    72 / 100

    …And unfortunately we live in the era of what's called shareholder primacy, which holds that although you probably think that the company you start in is a beautiful Vital living organism that produces high quality products that delight customers and has a positive impact in the world.…

  9. Ryan Stygar - Author of Get It in Writing (1M+ Followers) | America's Most Famous Labor Lawyer Reveals What Your Employer Hopes You Never Learn

    Success Story with Scott D. Clary · 2026-06-18