I currently work for a startup where I'm not the founder. The company's success is important to me for multiple reasons but I don't have nearly as much at stak

I currently work for a startup where I'm not the founder. The company's success is important to me for multiple reasons but I don't have nearly as much at stake as the founders do. Their opinion is that there are lots of things we have to "own" and so I currently spend a lot of time creating new technical things. I don't think this is the best way but I don't question it too seriously. Right now I'm more motivated by flexibility. That said, when I get around to doing my own startup I plan to create as few new technical things as I possibly can until it is safely out of the startup phase. To me creating new technology is more often than not a huge risk which you only want to do when you know the reward is worthwhile.