It's sort of apples and oranges though, because it's much harder to liquidate and reuse assets from a brick and mortar than it is a software concern. Every thi

It's sort of apples and oranges though, because it's much harder to liquidate and reuse assets from a brick and mortar than it is a software concern. Every thing I've ever built, in a very tangible way, becomes a stepping stone for me with software. Be it businesses I create or people I work for. Also I can start multiple concerns in parallel and traditional business cant. Most people, even if they are good at something, cannot start a business of it. That still includes software. There are so many things about running a business that don't directly reflect being good or not. That's excluding people that just aren't any good. Wanting to be the owner of a business you designed yourself is a crazy persons dream. Software seems to make it more accessible because you can fuck off and get to death much quicker without the same cost, but I bet if you averaged it, what comes out in the wash is the same. A balance of having enough delusion, skill, stickiness, and luck. I've got a mentor who subletted me some office space for a small thing I had once that I needed a few desks for. Recently he told me how close he was at the time to losing everything and us being there was a desperately needed life raft. Until he told me that, I always thought he was doing me a favor. His business is now at the top of his field. I still can't see the difference. Everything is bullshit until it's real and nothing that is real is permanent. Is success a marker of an IPO or a thing that allows you to take your children on neat vacations and affords time to paint? People only call it a failure when you exclaim you quit or someone else certifies that you've been removed.