350. Zynga Founder Mark Pincus: Why Your Favourite Ideas Are Almost Always Wrong

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Mark Pincus founded Zynga that was later acquired of $12.7B by TakeTwo and still thinks he misplayed the hand. On this episode he unpacks the playbook behind Life at the Speed of Play: why all new fails, how to run a company as a democratic dictatorship why anyone lecturing you about culture has a team rolling their eyes behind them. Life at the Speed of Play: https://www.lifeatthespeedofplay.com/ Key timestamps: 00:00 — Intro 1:30 — Why Mark wrote Life at the Speed of Play 8:49 — How to test instincts: proven, better, new 15:45 — “Know your goal or suffer death by a thousand compromises” 20:36 — The “democratic dictatorship” approach to leadership 26:59 — Getting people to do the right…