Why Studying Successful Founders Is Pointless

Might as well ask a pachinko ball how it won

Pachinko revenues are around 4% of Japan’s GDP

People study entrepreneurship by talking to successful founders. This is about as useful as asking a pachinko ball how it won.

Let’s look at a (highly simplified) pachinko game and see. In this case, the ball is trying to get to one catcher at the bottom.