Re:Ask HN: Why do you want to start a startup?
by mangeletti on Saturday June 20, 2015 @05:19PM
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Because skewness.
Skewness is what brings some toward riskier propositions, in hopes for a small chance of huge success. Those of us that start companies also don't like the middle of a probability distribution (i.e., predictable returns for a predictable amount of effort).
Skewness is what brings some toward riskier propositions, in hopes for a small chance of huge success. Those of us that start companies also don't like the middle of a probability distribution (i.e., predictable returns for a predictable amount of effort).