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Re:I Quit Google to Work for Myself (2018) by cromagnum on Saturday November 09, 2024 @12:22AM (#42092689)
Incorrect. In fact YC’s (i.e. the website you’re on) whole thesis is that it’s a lot easier to found a business successfully than most people imagine. Yeah, they’ve drifted from their roots a little but I think it’s been proved out.

The irony is killing me.

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Re:I Quit Google to Work for Myself (2018) by Swizec on Saturday November 09, 2024 @01:58AM (#42092940)
It’s incredibly easy to found/start a business.

It’s incredibly hard to build that beginning into a profitable money machine.

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Re:I Quit Google to Work for Myself (2018) by WalterBright on Saturday November 09, 2024 @12:59AM (#42092770)
80% of businesses fail within 5 years.
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Re:I Quit Google to Work for Myself (2018) by cromagnum on Saturday November 09, 2024 @01:02AM (#42092780)
Well, less than 1% of lifeforms are born as humans but that doesn’t seem to scare people into not having babies.
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Re:I Quit Google to Work for Myself (2018) by snicky on Saturday November 09, 2024 @01:53AM (#42092928)
Interesting, but I don't get it. Are you saying people aren't scared of having babies even though they can randomly give birth to an ant or an elephant?
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Re:I Quit Google to Work for Myself (2018) by theptip on Saturday November 09, 2024 @09:45AM (#42094673)
How many have you founded? Important data point for such an opinion.
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