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Re:What I Wish I Had Known Before Selling to Google by coderzach on Saturday January 25, 2014 @03:07PM (#7122149)
> where the alternative is 40+ years as a cube rat if you fail??

In what universe is that a likely outcome? For any reasonably talented person, the worst case is getting a 6 figure job at someone else's startup for a few years before you try again.

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Re:What I Wish I Had Known Before Selling to Google by Edmond on Saturday January 25, 2014 @03:20PM (#7122204)
I believe it is in this universe :) Easily landing a cushy job after a start-up failure is in fact life in the alternate universe.

Besides you don't have eternity to keep trying to start companies, after one or two bursts you are pretty much done if you aren't already wealthy.

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Re:What I Wish I Had Known Before Selling to Google by tptacek on Saturday January 25, 2014 @03:25PM (#7122226)
No. And, no.
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