DOCUMENTARY SERIES
When no one could tell them what to do.
"The day before something is a breakthrough, it looks like a crazy idea."
How do builders operate when the map doesn't exist?
EPISODE GUIDE
SpaceX 2001–2008
Three launches failed. The playbook didn't exist.
OpenAI 2015–2019
A nonprofit with a profit subsidiary. No one had done this.
Airbnb, Stripe, Square
When investors, parents, and the market all said no.
THE FRAMEWORK
What's actually true about the constraints? Not what's assumed.
What are you actually willing to lose? This determines your risk tolerance.
What do you know vs. need to know vs. can never know.
Is being early more valuable than being right?
DECISION REENACTMENT
"After Failure #2, SpaceX had $30M left. Enough for one more launch or five months of operations. Elon was in the room. What would you have decided?"
WHAT YOU BUILD
EPISODE GUIDE
Session 1 · 90 min · The XPRIZE Origin
Sessions 2–3 · 3 hours total · Three Failures, One Breakthrough
Session 4 · 90 min · Building the Structure That Didn't Exist
Session 5 · 90 min · The Four Constants Framework
Session 6 · 90 min · The Scenario Room Simulation
It needs people who can write one.