While I like the entrepreneur-as-a-pirate-rebel sentiment it's not the risk that attracts me but the desire to change the world and build stuff that other peopl

While I like the entrepreneur-as-a-pirate-rebel sentiment it's not the risk that attracts me but the desire to change the world and build stuff that other people find value in. To build something that other people use is an ego boost. To build something that other people _pay for_ is even better.