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100-dollar voting exercise

Everyone gets $100 to allocate to their favorite ideas.

This is a simple prioritization game I play with my team, largely inspired by

Dave Mastronardi⁠

. I’ve found it most useful when I have a big decision and set aside time to work through options — for example, during quarterly planning (read Lenny Rachitsky’s

deeper dive⁠

on Coda’s planning process).

Most priority exercises are one dimensional (”vote on your top 3 priorities”). This works when you need to make a quick decision. However, many situations call for a deeper understanding of how your team actually feels. The $100-dollar exercise adds a second dimension of weight. So not only do you end up with a ranked list of priorities, but you also understand how much your team favors some ideas over others (”the #1 idea is 4x as important as the #2 idea”).

How to play

Have everyone join as

Participants⁠

Add & vote on

Ideas⁠

by allocating $100 across them.

Show everyone’s dollar allocation to inform your decisions.

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Getting started

To spin up this game,

copy this template

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or type /100-dollar voting in your doc.

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Clear sample data

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Join the game.

Participants

Participants

Participant

Allocated

Remaining

Polly Rose

000

100

Lola Tseudonym

000

$45

Adam Davis

000

$70

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Add ideas & allocate your $100.

Ideas

Ideas

Ideas

Added by

$10

$20

$50

Sell cookies in Central Park

Create YouTube tutorials

Host a monthly dinner

Re-design our website

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Reset votes

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Reveal everyone’s votes.

Dollar allocation

Dollar allocation

Ideas

Total

Added by

$1 voters

$5 voters

$10 voters

$20 voters

$50 voters

Create YouTube tutorials

$80

Sell cookies in Central Park

$60

Host a monthly dinner

$40

Re-design our website

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