Startups are games. This newsletter is about empowering brains 🧠 (with startup game theory) & hearts ❤️🔥 (with intros + celebrations). Today, we’re laying down the foundations of the engine that will power everything we build next.
Hey! Remy from techgames.xyz here 👋🏼
Most tech communities are approximate — good intentions, but low/blurry value.
This one is structurally engineered for maximum ROI through compounding unfair advantages.
Here’s why we all care about you & how to use us properly 👇🏼
🔥 Exploit this community = Win.
We want this community to be a massive unicorn factory, i.e. a social structure accelerating the unlocking of $1B+ of market value per year.
As you’re one of us, we want you to win at any cost.
That’s why we’re building community infra to give you the most unfair advantage.
Our dream? Within 1 hour of you asking for help,…
… 5,000+ founders are making intros
… 5,000+ investors are offering capital
… 5,000+ cracked engineers want to join your team
... 5,000+ exited execs are jumping on calls to guide you
That’s the infra we’re going for.
It sounds crazy, but we’re 100% convinced it’s realistic.
🌍 How we’re aligning everyone
We’re mathematicians & exited founders/investors who think strategically here.
We derive everything from first principles, not vibes or “flavour of the month”.
We want the optimal behaviour for everyone to be an obsessive desire to help each other win.
Equivalently said, we want “obsessively helping others” to be the Nash Equilibrium of this community.
That’s why we structurally baked a core element in this community - the GTO Pact, summarised by the following line:
“We win if you win. You win if we win.”
Everything we say, do, or build is impregnated by it.
By being here, you make the conscious choice of agreeing with it.
If you see anyone in this community struggling, allocate some of your resources to help, whether 5 seconds or 10 hours.
If you’re hanging out with members of this community, offer them kindness & warmth.
This pact is one of the foundational pillars of this community.
That’s how we enable benevolence & social capital to compound.
To infinity and beyond.
🏆 Three actions to do every week
We want this community to be one of the highest-ROI systems in your life.
So we’ve distilled it down to 3 links.
Use them every week. It only takes one minute.
That one minute might 100x your trajectory.
1/ Get 5,000+ folks to unblock you
Stuck on something?
Tell us what’s slowing you down - we’ll forward it to the most relevant people.
2/ Boost your successes
If you got a win this week, gg! 👏🏽
Let us celebrate it, amplify it, and push it forward..
3/ Recharge your mind & grow your network
Games attract the smartest people - Demis Hassabis (chess/boardgames), Zuckerberg (poker), Musk (competitive video games).
Check which TechGames are happening near you (or starting hosting one!)
👾 Your Move Now
The above links are free positive EV.
We’re also constantly adding to them & making them more valuable.
Exploit them as much as possible. You’d be trolling not to.
If you have any questions or comments on how to improve, reply to this email. We read & answer everything. Also, if you have any smart friends, bring them in.
We’re playing the startup game together.
Now let’s win together. 🔥
Remy 👾