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Edu: What Startups Can Learn From Poker – Know When To Hold ‘em


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All season, Chris and Yaniv have talked about the mindset that is needed to succeed at venture-backed startups. For the final episode of Season 1, we tie it all together with an analogy: tournament poker. It is amazing how many things poker and startups have in common, so in this episode we use the lens of poker to discuss the big picture of how to approach building a successful startup. We dive into each of the following aspects of commonality between poker and startup life:

  • Iterative
  • Cash-burning
  • Making decisions based on uncertain information
  • Progressive learning
  • Resulting
  • Relatively low probability of a successful outcome (and that’s OK!)
  • We were inspired by the book Thinking in Bets, by former pro poker player Annie Duke.

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