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Never underestimate the value of being able to forego VC and/or a salary. Allows bigger risks and upside, which combined with survivorship bias makes successful
by flashman 8y ago
Never underestimate the value of being able to forego VC and/or a salary. Allows bigger risks and upside, which combined with survivorship bias makes successful founders look like someone to emulate.
- hndamien 8y agoThe thing about the ability to take bigger risks is that it isn't very often noticed or acknowledged by the risk taker since it doesn't seem that apparent that there was a safety net that allowed the risk-taking. The risk taker feels that they would have done it anyway, whether or not that is true.