Mistakes we made in our company’s first 8 years
&gt; <i>Most things in life are win-lose — someone gains, and someone loses. But networks are one of the few things that are win-win.</i><p>That&#x27;s one of the saddest things I&#x27;ve read all week, and I think profoundly wrong. Does one party or the other really lose in <i>most</i> things in life? Surely it must be the opposite - both parties in a voluntary transaction or interaction have gained something by it.<p>I once had a friend who explained a similar idea this way: &quot;There is a fixed amount of wealth in the world. Whenever anyone gains wealth, it always means that someone else has to lose wealth.&quot;