Learn to predict which startups win by investing through 20 years of tech history.
Question founders. Uncover what really matters. Build your portfolio. Watch real outcomes unfold.
HOW IT WORKS
Each year from 2000-2020, you evaluate startups inspired by real companies. Interrogate founders through a terminal-style interface, identify critical constraints (timing, distribution, monopoly, team), and decide where to invest.
Your decisions compound across market cycles, platform shifts, and bubble bursts. Learn from post-mortems when reality diverges from your assumptions.
INVESTMENT LENSES
Apply frameworks inspired by Peter Thiel's Zero to One:
Timing: Is the market ready?
Engineering: Is this a 10× improvement?
Secret: What do they know that others don't?
Monopoly: Can they dominate?
Distribution: How will they reach users?
People: Can this team execute?
Durability: Will this last?
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Pattern recognition across hundreds of startup decisions
Why some companies 100× while others fail
How market timing and constraints shape outcomes
Real frameworks used by successful investors
FOR PLAYERS WHO ENJOY
Text-driven strategy, business simulations, and breaking down complex systems into first-principles thinking.
Framework inspired by Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the authors or publisher.
