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Re:European startups need to work as hard as Valley ones – o... by mjw on Friday November 20, 2009 @08:08PM (#953902)
> After that the owners are satisfied and have enough money for a comfortable lifestyle. The entrepreneur that "dreams big" is the exception.

What exactly is wrong with this?

The marginal value of money decreases significantly once you have enough to live comfortably.

Also big companies aren't an end in themselves; a thriving economy full of profitable small-to-medium businesses is not a bad thing.

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Re:European startups need to work as hard as Valley ones – o... by gizmo on Friday November 20, 2009 @10:38PM (#954114)
I wasn't even suggesting that there's anything wrong with that approach.

Needless to say, if you're a VC you want to fund people who want to create a company that can get a big exit. And people with those aspirations are few and far between in Europe.

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