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Re:Y Combinator and Power in Silicon Valley by fragmede on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @05:06AM (#42304605)
That is the game though. If I bet $100k on each of 10 contestants. That’s $1m total. With odds of 1000:1, a single win pays $100m enough to cover all bets and leave a huge profit.
Re:Y Combinator and Power in Silicon Valley by geysersam on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @05:10AM (#42304618)
If the horse race has 10 contestants why would the odds be 1000:1?
Re:Y Combinator and Power in Silicon Valley by naming_the_user on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @05:38AM (#42304800)
Not everyone is competing.

In the economy as a whole how many people are even business owners? Most people go to work and price take at their job without negotiating, without even moving area, without even studying, etc.

You also have multi-company-monopoly effects for lack of a better term, e.g. if there are 10 competitors that make semiconductors - _everyone_ needs semiconductors, then if you pick the appropriate balance and don't buy in at an overvalued time you can invest in all ten and still make money because there is a net flow of funds into the system from outside of it.

Re:Y Combinator and Power in Silicon Valley by sebastiennight on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @09:52AM (#42306682)
Is "oligopoly" the word you were looking for?
Re:Y Combinator and Power in Silicon Valley by fragmede on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @05:12AM (#42304651)
Because it's an imperfect metaphor for how VC investing works to further enrich the wealthy.