I've heard "swing for the fences" many times in the context of startup companies. Fred Wilson (A VC) has a blog post entitled "Swinging for the Fences" that ta

I've heard "swing for the fences" many times in the context of startup companies. Fred Wilson (A VC) has a blog post entitled "Swinging for the Fences" that talks about it - http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/10/swinging-for-the-fences.html http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/10/swinging-for-the-fences.html