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Here in Belgium, it's not so much an issue of 'going above your station' (=doing things you don't seem qualified for?). The potential failure is more of an iss
by koonsolo 9y ago
Here in Belgium, it's not so much an issue of 'going above your station' (=doing things you don't seem qualified for?).
The potential failure is more of an issue. People don't want to look stupid.
The "What will the neighbors think?" question is asked a lot in peoples minds.
- JBlue42 9y agoI really need to excise that from my comments. I didn't have the right language to express what I was going for. What you're saying is what I was trying to get at. So, in Belgium, despite knowing that you could fail and that wouldn't be completely detrimental to your financial life, you're saying that there's an aversion to risking it with a startup due to social consequences?