I would guess that sacrificing yourself to the collective when you fail means you become a Harvard Business School case study or something similar The collecti

I would guess that sacrificing yourself to the collective when you fail means you become a Harvard Business School case study or something similar The collective is code for the partners of the VC fund. Their business is to persuade sufficient people to take risks with their careers and even health, so that the numbers work out. Those that fail are the “sacrifices”.