def agree with Jason's bottom line comments: 1. kids + no resources + first startup = #fail 2. kids + resources/support + second or third startup = totally fine

def agree with Jason's bottom line comments: 1. kids + no resources + first startup = #fail 2. kids + resources/support + second or third startup = totally fine/you’ll be inspired." For me its all about having resources and support, Jason is quite fortunate because he is wealthy and can afford all the extras like nanny's, night nurses, etc, so the load on his spouse is much manageable. On the flip side if your not wealthy its going to be much harder and puts you in the position that you need to take a decent salary if your going to go full time on your startup, which means you need traction and funding or a profitable business. Parenting is a fabulous example of bootstrapping - you get much craftier, less wasteful, and in fact may have more time on your hands because your at home more. Once the kids go to sleep - start hacking away at your projects. I would also say that when you have kids you appreciate some of the perks of normal job more like vacation time, steady income and health care benefits etc. We've been bootstrapping our company for 2 years now and I have 2 kids (4 and 2 yrs) and it has somehow worked but not without a lot of extra challenges. I'm hoping that at this point we have enough traction to take it to an Angel/VC and get some funding so I can digg in 150%.