Loss aversion prevents people from experimenting because experimentation requires risking what you already have; companies institute 'innovation budgets' separate from profit requirements, which constrains the ability to experiment effectively.

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you have to experiment, and you'd have to risk something that you already have... And so, people put in the constraint of 'I have a innovation budget. I have I want to keep my profits at this level.'

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Ravi Gupta (Sequoia) Opens Up About The Realities of Success | E164The Knowledge Project Podcast
Created: 8/11/2026, 12:54:44 AM

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