# How Private Equity Bankrupts Your Favourite Companies | Eric Ries

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Podcast: [High Performance Business](https://stenobird.com/podcast/high-performance-business-7257183)
Published: 2026-05-26T01:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Why do good companies go bad? Eric Ries reveals forces corrupting companies right as they are at their most successful - from Blockbusters activist shareholders inadvertently setting the company on a path to bankruptcy, to the British health company forced to sell to a cigarette giant. Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Companies Stay Great  by Eric Ries is publishing on 28th May (Penguin Life, £17.99) Eric also reveals how companies can avoid the corruption, and the surprising examples of when things are done right. IFS - award-winning Asset & Service Management software 👉 Reimagine your operations at: https://highpfrmc.com/ifs-au  XTB 👉 To find out more and make your money work, use code RWIH at: https://highpfrmc.com/xtb-rwih-au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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