Re:Poll: Non-Founders, Why Are You Not Starting a Start-Up?
by true_religion on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @04:24PM
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> Well that was a very arrogantly-worded post. Maybe you didn't mean it to be, but that's certainly how it comes off.
Possibly its a bit strongly worded because he's responding to someone who names start up founders as "punk kids" with "nothing to lose", then declares that he's not doing a startup because he's found things that are more important.
Re:Poll: Non-Founders, Why Are You Not Starting a Start-Up?
by willpower101 on Friday October 07, 2011 @01:52PM
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Oh, and money.
Or course I'd much rather receive my $2MM+ over the course of a couple years building a company rather than over 40 years of letting a boss or HR decide my pay.
And you bet when I'm done I'll be investing in even more start-ups. I love helping people with dreams in the tech industry.
Re:Poll: Non-Founders, Why Are You Not Starting a Start-Up?
by willpower101 on Friday October 07, 2011 @01:49PM
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and that he would take the money and run. lol. who does that?
I want startup life because I want to own my own company from the ground up.
I would love to set my own hours at a normal company. But how rare is that? Where do you work that you can do that?
I'm working at a small company doing some incredibly cool "building" stuff, and not in maintenance at all - and I get a steady paycheck and good benefits. There doesn't need to be this dichotomy. There are tons of us out there who work 9-5, enjoy life, don't kill ourselves, yet get to build incredibly cool things with small teams of cool people.
Really, the only downside of my job compared to a startup is that I don't have the potential payout of $[millions], and somehow I'm okay with that. The quality of my life is incredibly high, I set my own hours, and yet because we're not busting our ass just to survive I get to stop and smell the roses. It's pretty cool.