Fatal Migration
Some business strategies require fatal migration - founders sacrifice personal wealth/health for company success.
Salmon sacrifice individual survival for offspring success - evolutionary fitness = surviving offspring, not individual lifespan.
Pacific salmon migrate 1,500+ miles upstream, swimming against current, climbing 12-foot waterfalls. All salmon die after spawning - 100% mortality. They don't eat during migration, living off stored fat. Bodies deteriorate (muscle wasting, immune collapse, organ failure). But offspring survival in freshwater rivers (10-30%) far exceeds ocean survival (1-5%). Salmon producing 4,000 eggs × 20% survival = 800 offspring vs. 4,000 × 2% = 80 offspring. Fatal migration is 10× more effective.
Business Application of Fatal Migration
Some business strategies require fatal migration - founders sacrifice personal wealth/health for company success. Elon Musk invested 100% of $180M PayPal windfall into SpaceX/Tesla/SolarCity. Went personally bankrupt, borrowed money for rent. Companies survived, now worth $1T+ combined. Individual sacrifice (100% wealth risk) for offspring success.