Eric Ries
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621 appearances
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first heard May 2026
last heard 31 May
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And I heard the story that just horrified me.
A VC told me this story.
And he was like, a founder came to see me for advice.
And here's the dilemma he gave him.
He was working on
On an implantable medical device.
I won't say exactly what it was to protect his product class, but something to correct a very serious in-body illness.
And they had clinical trials and the device worked brilliantly.
So they were trying to get FDA approval to manufacture and implant the device, but also to raise money to manufacture it.
And they kept meeting with VCs one after the other, who was like, listen, I love this business.
I love how impactful it's gonna be on human lives and all that stuff, but I don't like the business model that much because the
devices made out of these high quality materials like stainless steel.
It's gonna last forever.
So you're never gonna get any recurring revenue.
What we recommend instead is that you change out some of the parts to be plastic so that they'll need to be replaced periodically so that you'll have recurring revenue.
And the guy was coming to this other VC for help like in tears, just like, I don't want to build that company.
And he couldn't raise money.
He was really upset.
So like we've taken this really too far.
And what's so interesting is
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