when the fight teaches you more than winning
why the supreme court battle was worth it even though bitcoin got banned anyway
people ask me about the india case. we won the case and lost the market. seems like a loss.
but every company we've built after that used the framework we built in that fight. we knew how to talk to regulators. we knew where the line actually was. we knew which institutions would listen and which ones wouldn't.
the win wasn't about bitcoin surviving in india. the win was about learning what the real constraints were.
most founders avoid these fights. they take the no and move to the next market. smart strategically. dumb educationally.
the founders who win long-term are the ones who dig into the no. they figure out the reason for the no. and they use that to build something better in the next market.
the court case didn't save that company. the learning from the court case saved the next three companies.
what fight are you avoiding because you think you'll lose? and what would you learn if you engaged it anyway?