There is nothing wrong with building small companies with "only" the aim of living off their money, without being huge and world-changing. But some entrepreneu

There is nothing wrong with building small companies with "only" the aim of living off their money, without being huge and world-changing. But some entrepreneurs are in the game to build exactly those huge companies; I'm one of them. I don't think I'm just gullible by wanting this: it just sounds like a better use of my time, despite the risk in it. (Of course, I'd rather a small business that makes me a steady income over nothing at all.) Also, to address the point of the advice given by angel investors. I think for some of them (pg being a notable example), you can read a lot of their writing before they became angel investors, and this can tell you a lot about the type of advice they gave before they had their own financial incentive.