>For most people, they're not going to die or starve to death if their startup fails. My wealth is pretty much the value of my home. Any risk to losing that is

>For most people, they're not going to die or starve to death if their startup fails. My wealth is pretty much the value of my home. Any risk to losing that is fairly serious. No, my family won't starve, but losing years of equity/value and being forced to move to a shittier part of town and shittier school system, more crime, etc is a demotivator. This is why you see so many startups being kids directly from college. They have much less to lose and they're still young and energetic and haven't been beaten down by the 9-5 grind yet. >Pick your battles carefully, and never give up. Agreed, but now I do smaller and less ambitious side-projects than a big dramatic "We quit our jobs and now work out of a garage" type startup stereotype. Its not nearly as sexy or potentially life changing as "I'm selling a small application that targets $boring_industry and solves $boring_problem, but may be a nice small passive income if things go perfectly."