Skin in the Game

[David Metevia]

This phrase is getting quite common in business communications.  I don't
see anything before 1998, but seem to think the phrase is older.

>From Google Books
Relentless Growth: How Silicon Valley Innovation Strategies Can Work in
Your ... - Page 51
by Christopher Meyer - Business & Economics - 1998 - 201 pages
In the Silicon Valley, people often describe this as "having some skin
in the game."

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