This is meaningless. There are no right or wrong reasons to be anything, no less an entrepreneur. It can be freestyle. Just one of the great things about it.

This is meaningless. There are no right or wrong reasons to be anything, no less an entrepreneur. It can be freestyle. Just one of the great things about it. If McClure is trying to lay out traits he seeks in people he invests in, that's a different story. I see way too much conjecture of this sort around here. Starting a business, especially a software business in this day and age, does not have to be a thought experiment. Getting version 1 out the door should cost almost nothing but a few weekends. Just friggin' do it or stop talking about it. Your biggest successes are apt to be those you didn't anticipate.