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People think startups grow out of some brilliant initial idea like a plant from a seed. But almost all the founders I interviewed changed their ideas as they developed them. PayPal started out writing encryption software, Excite started as a database search company, and Flickr grew out of an online game.

Founders at Work

Jessica Livingston

Founder divorce Summary: This goes to the company's time by suicide. It's like, I haven't run the numbers recently, but it's like half or more of even the companies that work have some sort of founder split, founder divorce. We actually use the term founder divorce because it is what it's like. Transcript: Speaker 1 This goes to the company's time by suicide. It's like, I haven't run the numbers recently, but it's like half or more of even the companies that work have some sort of founder split, founder divorce. We actually use the term founder divorce because it is what it's like.

Marc Andreessen on Elon Musk, Good Startup Ideas, How to Have the Courage to Think Independently and Finding a Co-Founder

Aarthi and Sriram's Good Time Show

THERE ARE at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite, the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.

Finite and Infinite Games

James Carse

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