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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by gambiting on Thursday March 30, 2017 @04:47AM (#13993835)
Absolute nonsense. People start companies in extremely difficult positions in life and only some of them succeed. No one said it's easy.

But that doesn't change the fact that every single one of Amazon employees is free to leave the company and start their own tomorrow. You don't have to have complete financial security to be "free" to do something.

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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by viuduib on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:52AM (#13994312)
you are living in a dream world
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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by gambiting on Thursday March 30, 2017 @07:06AM (#13994371)
No, I just don't assume that you need to have a million dollars in your bank account to start a business. There's way too many people on HN who think that to run a startup you need investment money, offices, dozen employees, marketing campaigns etc etc.

You don't. You can start small, out of your own bedroom if you have to, and then grow from there. There's plenty of stupid advice like "if you're not making million dollars within 3 years of starting then there's no point" but it's just not true.

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