Mark Pincus

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1,607 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 1 Jul

Mark Pincus’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And I think so many people have ideas
They either don't pursue them, and I think in this new world AI, that's a shame because the bar is so low, or they do, and they fail for the wrong reasons.
I think you guys have probably seen this, too.
So many people, they have a great idea, but it's buried in a losing product.
The core thesis that
I've been saying over and over to myself and other people across my career is that once you realize that you have winning instincts and you've attached them to losing ideas, it changes everything.
And that's how you change your odds of success.
Yeah.
Or a B plus idea.
Yeah.
Yeah.
is the enemy of an A because it's good enough to get funding and get a team.
And yeah, it's funny.
We see founders who are talented and they are just sticking with an idea that's just not quite right or not that good.
And it's because there's something in their gut that they know is amazing.
And that was me.
I mean, I talk a lot about in the book that this is not a humble brag, okay?
Yeah.
I managed to fail.
I created one of the first three social networks, Tribe.net.
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