"So you're just dismissing all the things you could learn in an early stage startup?"

If you want to break your back for little to no payout and high risk, go for it. However, I feel you can learn just as much if you own your own startup and the risk/reward ratio is much better.

I agree. You can learn just as much doing it all by yourself.. and even more. Even in a startup, you're shielded from other areas like marketing or business development.

Very true. I worked for a startup before and although I did get some experience out of it, I was there to do my one job, which was development. I didn't really learn much about the business because I wasn't given the opportunity.

I learned more in 4 months running my own startup and it feels more rewarding to me..even if I fail.