Color me the pessimist, but my response to the "8th startup" would be "why'd you quit on the other 7 and decide to do it again?" For me, a startup is something

Color me the pessimist, but my response to the "8th startup" would be "why'd you quit on the other 7 and decide to do it again?" For me, a startup is something you throw everything into: time, (your own) money, and aggressively focus on. It's filed, you have customer focus, and you're not doing it as a hobby. Sorry, I'm over the "startup" (project) that's building something fascinating...but has no focus on generating revenue. It's a hobby. Not a startup.