Many people approach business as a zero-sum game: There are winners and losers. This is stupid and counterproductive in the context of a startup community. Startup communities are often a tiny fraction of what they could ultimately become. As a result, there is a huge amount of untapped opportunity. Approaching it as a non-zero-sum game is much mor

Win by not losing.

Not every project needs to check all the boxes, but reviewing his intentions helps him be, well, intentional about the work he takes on and, therefore, creates better outcomes for his clients and his projects. His intentions are in two blocks: outcomes and compensation. Outcomes: Better collaboration (between humans doing good in the world) Increas

orchestrated by tokens, aligns the interests of the individual with the collective — and, importantly, vice versa. It’s a positive-sum environment, where cooperation is in all of our best interests; where scale beyond the confines of a typical company is healthy and invigorating, not bloated and problematic. In these environments, co-ownership is t

Provide “Small Wins”