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Lecture

Building a startup shouldn't be a zero sum game.

Y Combinator
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  • Individuals engaging in positive-sum games typically extract continuous lessons and improvements over time, regardless of whether they achieve a winning outcome.
  • Participants in zero-sum games who do not exit early possess no incremental wisdom or learnable value from the experience.
  • The educational outcome for zero-sum participants lacking an early exit occurs as a sudden, severe realization at the conclusion of the activity.
  • Failure to withdraw early from a zero-sum game is predicted to result in a catastrophic event.