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The Super Upside Factor: Asymmetric Principles that Will 10X Your Life

The Super Upside Factor: Asymmetric Principles that Will 10X Your Life


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A practical playbook to maximize luck in life and career Venture capitalists manage to raise and invest trillions of dollars despite being wrong most of time through asymmetric bets – where a few big wins outsize losses by factors of 1,000x. In The Super Upside Factor, Daniel Kang draws on his experience as a venture capitalist at Softbank Vision Fund and a Y Combinator-backed founder to adapt asymmetric principles for personal and professional life. He offers a clear framework for maximizing luck and generating outsized returns—what he calls Super Upsides. Through vivid, real-life experiments, Kang demonstrates how he put these principles into practice—from securing a book deal writing just 15 minutes a day; to recovering from a spiralling plane as a pilot; to raising millions by betting on pivotal career shift.  This book draws upon the author’s firsthand experience going from no money, network, or looks to a highly successful career in entrepreneurship and venture capitalism. In this book, readers will find discussion on:  Core concepts like the multiplier effect and black swans  Probabilities, biases, and luck, and how to make them work for you, not against you  Tools and first steps to create a “life portfolio” of uncapped upsides and unlimited opportunity  Backed by decision science research and personal experimentations, the book strikes a balance between theory and practical advice, guiding readers to identify and optimize skewed life bets. Beyond the tactical elements, Kang explores the human side of applying these principles, including discussions on mental health, emotional struggles, and even tactically quitting. The Super Upside Factor will inspire readers—even the most risk averse—to realize they are only a few Super Upsides away from extraordinary success and provide precise asymmetric principles needed to stack the odds in their favor.

Table of Contents:
Part I Asymmetric Principles 1 Chapter 1 The Few Right Things 3 Chapter 2 Defining Asymmetric Principles 11 Chapter 3 Dogfooding in Public 27 Chapter 4 Staying Alive 49 Part II the Practical Guide 63 Chapter 5 Choosing the Right Games to Play 65 Chapter 6 Everything Is a Hypothesis 79 Chapter 7 Scaling with Momentum and Leverage 107 Chapter 8 Thinking in Portfolios 129 Part III When Rubber Meets the Road 153 Chapter 9 Avoiding the Single Point of Failure 155 Chapter 10 How to Quit 169 Chapter 11 The Super Upside Hypothesis 187 Notes 197 Acknowledgments 213 About the Author 217 Index 219

About the Author :
DANIEL SHIN UN KANG is a start-up founder who raised millions from investors including Y-Combinator. Previously, he was on the other side of the table as a venture capitalist at SoftBank Vision Fund, investing in tech companies and formally advising on boards. He studied finance at McGill University and policy at the University of Oxford.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781394254910
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 544 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1394254911
  • Publisher Date: 24 Mar 2025
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Asymmetric Principles that Will 10X Your Life
  • Width: 163 mm


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