The Opening, Midgame and Endgame in Startups
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The Opening, Midgame and Endgame in StartupsWhy the best founders are “time travelers” who play all three phases simultaneously
By David Cahn
Published February 11, 2026
In the Prod community, they talk about founders as “time travelers” rather than visionaries. Founders don’t see the future, they teleport there.
I think this is true in more ways than first meets the eye. To extend the analogy of a chess game (which I recently used in an essay on the AI race and which Will Manidis a
By David Cahn
Published February 11, 2026
In the Prod community, they talk about founders as “time travelers” rather than visionaries. Founders don’t see the future, they teleport there.
I think this is true in more ways than first meets the eye. To extend the analogy of a chess game (which I recently used in an essay on the AI race and which Will Manidis a
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