Your spot at the high-stakes table

Eric Ries writes of parallels he has noticed between running a business and playing poker. Poker players understand that even perfect tactics can't guarantee a win, and that sometimes you have to fold even when you're heavily invested in a hand, he notes. "Learn to place small bets," Ries writes, arguing that it's "big visions that get us into trouble."

GigaOm | 11/04

This story published in SmartBrief on Entrepreneurs on 11/06/2009

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