Bootstrapping a $30k profit/month company from our internship earnings (Part 3)

Re:Bootstrapping a $30k profit/month company from our intern... by dusklight on Friday September 09, 2011 @01:55PM (#2979091)

Please don't take this the wrong way, this is a serious question, and I hope you give it some serious thought before you answer.

Do you feel fulfilled? Do you feel like this is the most you can contribute to human civilization? If you could, how would you most like to make the world a better place?

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Re:Bootstrapping a $30k profit/month company from our intern... by colinplamondon on Friday September 09, 2011 @02:02PM (#2979122)

That's a silly question for someone starting their first business.

Most great philanthropists only dive in in their 50's and 60's.

Elon Musk started a mapping site in his 20's, which put him in position for PayPal, which gave him the capital to launch rockets into space.

If more people focused on making money in their 20's, real money, scalable money, there'd be more shoot for the stars entrepreneurs in their 30's and 40's, and more world class philanthropists in their 50's and 60's.

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Re:Bootstrapping a $30k profit/month company from our intern... by rgrieselhuber on Friday September 09, 2011 @02:04PM (#2979134)

I always am left wondering what people think gives them the right to ask that question of other people.

Isn't it hard enough figuring that out for your own life?

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