This is not quite true, because poker is fundamentally adversarial, while startups are mostly not adversarial, at least not directly.
Startups are a beauty contest where each player focuses on maximizing the things about them that appeal most to a panel of judges (customers). Similar to the scramble competition that Benenson cites here, rather than an arm-wrestling contest.
Startups are a beauty contest where each player focuses on maximizing the things about them that appeal most to a panel of judges (customers). Similar to the scramble competition that Benenson cites here, rather than an arm-wrestling contest.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31400660/