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Re:You Dont Need a Good Idea To Start a Great Company by scotch_drinker on Thursday January 27, 2011 @02:54PM (#2149199)
Conversely, dropping a steady job for a crappy idea might be just the kind of motivation you might need to become successful. Full disclosure: I'm trying to convince myself of this every single morning.
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Re:You Dont Need a Good Idea To Start a Great Company by jayliew on Thursday January 27, 2011 @05:41PM (#2149867)
Burn the boats: http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/06/andreessen-media-burn-boats...

disclosure: I burned my boat

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Re:You Dont Need a Good Idea To Start a Great Company by ericmsimons on Thursday January 27, 2011 @05:54PM (#2149923)
"disclosure: I burned my boat"

made me laugh :) I burned mine too!

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Re:You Dont Need a Good Idea To Start a Great Company by jayliew on Thursday January 27, 2011 @06:06PM (#2149974)
I'd drop you an email to say hi but your HN profile is empty :)
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Re:You Dont Need a Good Idea To Start a Great Company by ericmsimons on Thursday January 27, 2011 @06:16PM (#2150016)
[email protected] - thanks for reminding me to update that!
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