MARKET: +14.2% ▲ ALL-TIME HIGH MOM & POP: MOAT AT ATH ($840 Moat Absorbing) SCRAPPY: +38.5% ▲ 42x Unpaid Interns Leveraged SERGEI: +21.0% ▲ 10,000 Bot Workers Deployed BARON: -3.1% ▼ Injunction Overruled by Cayman Court AMAZOFF: -12.8% ▼ Liquidated in Year 4 SEC STATUS: 0 SUBPOENAS FILED (COMPLIANCE WAIVED) CRASH WARNING: T-30s TICK COMMENCING MARKET: +14.2% ▲ ALL-TIME HIGH MOM & POP: MOAT AT ATH ($840 Moat Absorbing) SCRAPPY: +38.5% ▲ 42x Unpaid Interns Leveraged SERGEI: +21.0% ▲ 10,000 Bot Workers Deployed BARON: -3.1% ▼ Injunction Overruled by Cayman Court AMAZOFF: -12.8% ▼ Liquidated in Year 4
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Total Dilemmas
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Total Encounters Seen
5,525
Decisions Resolved
1,999
Aggregate Pick Rate
36.2%
The Comp Conversation
Year 2 – 4 Weight 80

The Comp Conversation

Speaker: Tobiah Lindqvist-Ng (Your first engineer)

Your first engineer wants a raise

Pick Rate: 100.0% (1 / 1)
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The Culture Deck
Year 5 – 8 Weight 75

The Culture Deck

Speaker: Pilar Vance-Okonjo (Strategy consultant)

Perks or process, says the deck

Pick Rate: 100.0% (1 / 1)
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Training Seminar
Year 5 – 8 Weight 70

Training Seminar

Speaker: Sage Halloran (Executive wellness coach)

Level up your employees

Pick Rate: 78.7% (129 / 164)
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The Local Co-op Fair
Year 2 – 8 Weight 85

The Local Co-op Fair

Speaker: Agnes Delgado-Byrne (The grocer two doors down)

Team up with neighborhood shops

Pick Rate: 60.2% (50 / 83)
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AI Pilot Program
Year 5 – 8 Weight 65

AI Pilot Program

Speaker: Randy Kowalczyk (Enterprise sales, all territories)

Automate your workforce with AI

Pick Rate: 55.1% (92 / 167)
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The Articles of Incorporation
Year 1 – 1 Weight 85

The Articles of Incorporation

Speaker: The Kitchen Table (Where it started)

Make your company legal

Pick Rate: 54.2% (52 / 96)
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Growth Hackers
Year 2 – 4 Weight 70

Growth Hackers

Speaker: Pilar Vance-Okonjo (Strategy consultant)

Grow your company

Pick Rate: 54.1% (66 / 122)
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Rewrite Everything in Rust
Year 5 – 8 Weight 75

Rewrite Everything in Rust

Speaker: Tobiah Lindqvist-Ng (Your first engineer)

Devs refuse to ship without a rewrite

Pick Rate: 52.2% (84 / 161)
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The .com is Taken
Year 1 – 1 Weight 80

The .com is Taken

Speaker: Beatrix Mwangi-Thorne (Outside counsel)

Buy your domain from a squatter

Pick Rate: 50.0% (21 / 42)
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Consultants Recommend a Pivot
Year 2 – 4 Weight 70

Consultants Recommend a Pivot

Speaker: Pilar Vance-Okonjo (Strategy consultant)

Consultants want you to pivot

Pick Rate: 47.2% (59 / 125)
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The Incubator Wants a Slide
Year 2 – 4 Weight 85

The Incubator Wants a Slide

Speaker: Kenji Abernathy (Accelerator director)

Pitch to a room of investors

Pick Rate: 45.9% (50 / 109)
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Kill the Free Plan
Year 9 – 12 Weight 75

Kill the Free Plan

Speaker: Thaddeus Brightwater III (Investment banker)

Millions of free users paying nothing

Pick Rate: 45.6% (26 / 57)
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The Prototype Demo
Year 2 – 4 Weight 85

The Prototype Demo

Speaker: Gordon Patel-Whitcombe (Your first customer)

Demo your buggy prototype

Pick Rate: 44.5% (49 / 110)
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The Competitor Emails You
Year 2 – 4 Weight 80

The Competitor Emails You

Speaker: Bartholomew Sneed-Yamada (Rival chief executive)

Lunch with your biggest rival

Pick Rate: 44.0% (55 / 125)
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Sweat Equity & Cold Pizza
Year 1 – 1 Weight 85

Sweat Equity & Cold Pizza

Speaker: Tobiah Lindqvist-Ng (Your first engineer)

A developer working for pizza

Pick Rate: 42.6% (20 / 47)
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Patent Filing
Year 2 – 4 Weight 70

Patent Filing

Speaker: Beatrix Mwangi-Thorne (Outside counsel)

Protect your tech or sell it

Pick Rate: 42.3% (41 / 97)
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A Chain Is Moving In
Year 2 – 8 Weight 90

A Chain Is Moving In

Speaker: Agnes Delgado-Byrne (The grocer two doors down)

A retail mega-chain is moving in

Pick Rate: 42.2% (35 / 83)
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Startup Accelerator
Year 2 – 4 Weight 75

Startup Accelerator

Speaker: Kenji Abernathy (Accelerator director)

Join a startup accelerator

Pick Rate: 38.6% (44 / 114)
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Leveraged Buyout
Year 9 – 12 Weight 60

Leveraged Buyout

Speaker: Ottoline Mbeki-Strand (Predatory lender)

Take over a rival company

Pick Rate: 38.6% (22 / 57)
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Guerilla Marketing Stunt
Year 5 – 8 Weight 75

Guerilla Marketing Stunt

Speaker: Pilar Vance-Okonjo (Strategy consultant)

Project your logo on a rival's tower

Pick Rate: 38.0% (62 / 163)
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The 1099 Loophole
Year 2 – 4 Weight 80

The 1099 Loophole

Speaker: Lionel Fitzgerald-Osei (Creative accountant)

Slash payroll with 1099 contractors

Pick Rate: 37.0% (51 / 138)
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Nobody Has Written the Handbook
Year 1 – 1 Weight 90

Nobody Has Written the Handbook

Speaker: Tobiah Lindqvist-Ng (Your first engineer)

Staff want company rules

Pick Rate: 37.0% (10 / 27)
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The First Hire
Year 2 – 4 Weight 85

The First Hire

Speaker: Tobiah Lindqvist-Ng (Your first engineer)

Hire your first real employee

Pick Rate: 36.9% (41 / 111)
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The Toxic Genius
Year 5 – 8 Weight 75

The Toxic Genius

Speaker: Tobiah Lindqvist-Ng (Your first engineer)

Your star coder is terrorizing the team

Pick Rate: 36.1% (61 / 169)
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Stratagonia Vests & Neon Signs
Year 5 – 8 Weight 75

Stratagonia Vests & Neon Signs

Speaker: Randy Kowalczyk (Enterprise sales, all territories)

Blow money on fleece vests and swag

Pick Rate: 35.5% (55 / 155)
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Open Source Rugpull
Year 9 – 12 Weight 75

Open Source Rugpull

Speaker: Beatrix Mwangi-Thorne (Outside counsel)

Cloud giants are stealing your code

Pick Rate: 35.1% (20 / 57)
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$80,000 Surprise Cloud Bill
Year 2 – 4 Weight 80

$80,000 Surprise Cloud Bill

Speaker: Tobiah Lindqvist-Ng (Your first engineer)

An $80,000 server bill

Pick Rate: 34.8% (48 / 138)
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Union Drive
Year 5 – 8 Weight 70

Union Drive

Speaker: Dolores Achterberg (Shop steward)

Your workers want a union

Pick Rate: 34.4% (43 / 125)
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Your First Customer
Year 2 – 4 Weight 85

Your First Customer

Speaker: Gordon Patel-Whitcombe (Your first customer)

Your first customer wants a deal

Pick Rate: 33.6% (39 / 116)
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Supply Chain Squeeze
Year 2 – 8 Weight 85

Supply Chain Squeeze

Speaker: Randy Kowalczyk (Enterprise sales, all territories)

Your supplier just doubled their prices

Pick Rate: 32.9% (27 / 82)
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Founder Biohacking Retreat
Year 9 – 12 Weight 75

Founder Biohacking Retreat

Speaker: Sage Halloran (Executive wellness coach)

Extreme executive wellness camp

Pick Rate: 31.6% (18 / 57)
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The Hidden Cancel Button
Year 9 – 12 Weight 75

The Hidden Cancel Button

Speaker: Lionel Fitzgerald-Osei (Creative accountant)

Trap customers in a cancellation maze

Pick Rate: 31.6% (18 / 57)
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The Cashflow Interrogation
Year 1 – 8 Weight 75

The Cashflow Interrogation

Speaker: Jason "JB" Bradford (Finfluencer)

A stranger tests your financial IQ

Pick Rate: 29.8% (153 / 513)
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Stealth Mode Paranoia
Year 2 – 4 Weight 75

Stealth Mode Paranoia

Speaker: Inez Delacroix-Adebayo (Investigative journalist)

A reporter wants to leak your project

Pick Rate: 29.4% (42 / 143)
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The First Legal Threat
Year 2 – 4 Weight 75

The First Legal Threat

Speaker: Beatrix Mwangi-Thorne (Outside counsel)

A cease-and-desist in the mail

Pick Rate: 29.0% (38 / 131)
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Recognition Vote
Year 5 – 8 Weight 65

Recognition Vote

Speaker: Dolores Achterberg (Shop steward)

Stop an upcoming union vote

Pick Rate: 28.4% (38 / 134)
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Credit Card Roulette
Year 1 – 1 Weight 80

Credit Card Roulette

Speaker: Randy Kowalczyk (Enterprise sales, all territories)

Caught abusing free trials

Pick Rate: 28.4% (21 / 74)
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Friends and Family Round
Year 1 – 1 Weight 85

Friends and Family Round

Speaker: The Kitchen Table (Where it started)

A check from your wealthy aunt

Pick Rate: 28.4% (21 / 74)
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The Auditors Return
Year 5 – 8 Weight 90

The Auditors Return

Speaker: Hamish Oyelaran (Forensic auditor)

The auditors found your mistakes

Pick Rate: 28.2% (11 / 39)
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Sleeping Under the Desk
Year 2 – 4 Weight 80

Sleeping Under the Desk

Speaker: The Garage (Your first office)

Save money by living at work

Pick Rate: 26.3% (35 / 133)
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The Day Job Overlap
Year 1 – 1 Weight 85

The Day Job Overlap

Speaker: Marisol Fenwick (Your cofounder)

Caught moonlighting on company time

Pick Rate: 26.1% (18 / 69)
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The Garage Lease Expires
Year 2 – 4 Weight 90

The Garage Lease Expires

Speaker: Stavros Pemberton (Your landlord)

Your landlord wants you out

Pick Rate: 25.7% (27 / 105)
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The Lowball Acqui-hire
Year 5 – 8 Weight 75

The Lowball Acqui-hire

Speaker: Bartholomew Sneed-Yamada (Rival chief executive)

A shady lowball buyout offer

Pick Rate: 24.7% (41 / 166)
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Acqui-hire Offer
Year 5 – 8 Weight 65

Acqui-hire Offer

Speaker: Bartholomew Sneed-Yamada (Rival chief executive)

Someone wants to buy you

Pick Rate: 23.4% (34 / 145)
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Kombucha on Tap
Year 5 – 8 Weight 75

Kombucha on Tap

Speaker: Pilar Vance-Okonjo (Strategy consultant)

Office perks instead of pay raises

Pick Rate: 22.9% (36 / 157)
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Hostile Press Cycle
Year 9 – 12 Weight 65

Hostile Press Cycle

Speaker: Inez Delacroix-Adebayo (Investigative journalist)

Kill a damaging news story

Pick Rate: 22.8% (13 / 57)
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Offshore Restructure
Year 9 – 12 Weight 60

Offshore Restructure

Speaker: Lionel Fitzgerald-Osei (Creative accountant)

Slash your taxes offshore

Pick Rate: 22.8% (13 / 57)
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Office Lease
Year 2 – 4 Weight 75

Office Lease

Speaker: Stavros Pemberton (Your landlord)

Upgrade to real office space

Pick Rate: 22.5% (20 / 89)
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Ramen Month
Year 2 – 4 Weight 90

Ramen Month

Speaker: Ottoline Mbeki-Strand (Predatory lender)

Three weeks of cash left

Pick Rate: 21.2% (32 / 151)
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The Cofounder Conversation
Year 1 – 1 Weight 100

The Cofounder Conversation

Speaker: Marisol Fenwick (Your cofounder)

Your cofounder demands half

Pick Rate: 12.8% (16 / 125)
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Free Dinner After Eight
Year 3 – 8 Weight 75

Free Dinner After Eight

Speaker: Sage Halloran (Executive wellness coach)

Dinner is free after eight

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 2)
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The Burnout Seminar
Year 3 – 8 Weight 75

The Burnout Seminar

Speaker: Sage Halloran (Executive wellness coach)

Your staff are running hot

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 2)
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The Office Fit-Out
Year 2 – 5 Weight 75

The Office Fit-Out

Speaker: Stavros Pemberton (Your landlord)

The landlord will fit out the space

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 1)
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The Severance Negotiation
Year 6 – 10 Weight 75

The Severance Negotiation

Speaker: Beatrix Mwangi-Thorne (Outside counsel)

Who gets the package

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 1)
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Unlimited PTO
Year 3 – 7 Weight 75

Unlimited PTO

Speaker: Pilar Vance-Okonjo (Strategy consultant)

Unlimited, in the sense of none

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 1)
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Best Places to Work
Year 6 – 12 Weight 75

Best Places to Work

Speaker: Inez Delacroix-Adebayo (Investigative journalist)

A listicle wants your perks

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 0)
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Board Seat Offer
Year 13 – 15 Weight 60

Board Seat Offer

Speaker: Thaddeus Brightwater III (Investment banker)

Big cash for a board seat

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 0)
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Community-Adjusted EBITDA
Year 13 – 15 Weight 80

Community-Adjusted EBITDA

Speaker: Thaddeus Brightwater III (Investment banker)

Cook the books for your IPO

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 0)
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Joshua Tree Offsite
Year 13 – 15 Weight 75

Joshua Tree Offsite

Speaker: Sage Halloran (Executive wellness coach)

Desert sound baths while servers crash

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 0)
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Regulatory Probe
Year 13 – 15 Weight 65

Regulatory Probe

Speaker: Hamish Oyelaran (Forensic auditor)

Government regulator at your door

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 0)
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Smoking Gun Memos
Year 13 – 15 Weight 80

Smoking Gun Memos

Speaker: Hamish Oyelaran (Forensic auditor)

Regulators caught your secret chats

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 0)
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The Bargaining Table
Year 5 – 9 Weight 80

The Bargaining Table

Speaker: Dolores Achterberg (Shop steward)

The union's list is all perks

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 0)
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The Benefits Renewal
Year 5 – 10 Weight 75

The Benefits Renewal

Speaker: Lionel Fitzgerald-Osei (Creative accountant)

The plan renews at a new rate

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 0)
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The Compensation Committee
Year 9 – 12 Weight 70

The Compensation Committee

Speaker: Thaddeus Brightwater III (Investment banker)

Executive perks, minuted

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 0)
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The Exodus
Year 6 – 12 Weight 80

The Exodus

Speaker: Tobiah Lindqvist-Ng (Your first engineer)

The perks went, and so did people

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 0)
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The Exposé
Year 7 – 12 Weight 80

The Exposé

Speaker: Inez Delacroix-Adebayo (Investigative journalist)

The perks story has a byline

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 0)
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The Pizza Party
Year 2 – 4 Weight 80

The Pizza Party

Speaker: Marisol Fenwick (Your cofounder)

Pizza instead of raises

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 0)
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The Retraining Program
Year 5 – 9 Weight 75

The Retraining Program

Speaker: Kenji Abernathy (Accelerator director)

Retrain them, or buy the machine

Pick Rate: 0.0% (0 / 0)
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