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Venture Capital · Pay-it-forward culture creates non-zero-sum favor economy that scales network effects
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Venture Capitaltailwindscore 8/10paul graham
Talent density and serendipitous meetings in hubs create structural tailwind for startup outcomes
Concentration of ambitious peers in a hub generates more and better serendipitous encounters, faster decision-making by investors, and competitive peer pressure that raises execution standa…
Venture Capitaltailwindscore 8/10paul graham
Pay-it-forward culture creates non-zero-sum favor economy that scales network effects
Silicon Valley's norm of helping strangers without tracking reciprocity eliminates the conservation law of favors, allowing exponential growth of social capital that compounds across genera…
Government Technologytailwindscore 7/10paul graham
Best policy for building a startup hub is subsidizing outbound trips to global center with return obligation
Rather than protectionist retention, governments should fund fellowships for founders to absorb culture and capital at the world's leading hub (Silicon Valley) and return, as 19th-century m…