I was captivated by this book and (since I didn't allow myself to buy it) stood for hours in Borders perusing the pages. The game approach to relationships is discussed to death in these comments.
My question is: Can you generalize the PUA approach, e.g. use a form of it for angel investors, prospective customers, etc. For a prospective customer the "neg" could be: "here's where your business fails" and then, when their curiosity is piqued you tell them how to fix it, etc.
It is the feeling I got from reading it, so yes. I think lots of people are offended by the end goal of "the game", so they do not even analyse what the means to get there are.
In lots of ways its strategies to show that you are interesting. To learn how you can captivate someones brain for a while. How you break through the normal filtering of the world. To understand when something similar is done to you. I even enjoy it when I know it happens to me, so it is a bit of a game.
There are things like body language saying yes, while words are saying no. Or several stories are being told simultaneously, unsuccessful ones being dropped and new one are started, to keep listeners. Or how to show that you are successful without appearing to be bragging.
My question is: Can you generalize the PUA approach, e.g. use a form of it for angel investors, prospective customers, etc. For a prospective customer the "neg" could be: "here's where your business fails" and then, when their curiosity is piqued you tell them how to fix it, etc.