Where exponential actually unlocks. Platform shifts, transformational M&A, full market pivots, bet-the-company moves, major capacity investments, and strategic acquisitions that reshape competitive position.

The entry price is irreversibility itself. These moves require burning the boats, deploying resources that cannot be recovered, closing doors that will not reopen, and accepting that retreat means catastrophic loss rather than minor setback.

This is where fortunes are made and lost. The asymmetry is extreme—winners capture outsized returns while losers face existential consequences.