Sam, Philosophical question, why did you write such an article? What do you hope to accomplish? Now the criticism: Surely it must have occurred to you that a

Sam, Philosophical question, why did you write such an article? What do you hope to accomplish? Now the criticism: Surely it must have occurred to you that at least some people out there are trying hard doing most things that you listed, and still not making it? What are you doing about it? The last I looked at YC funding, I saw that the figure is simply too low ( under $3000 a month) an incentive for a person with a stable salary to get into any venture. Most of what you have written is indeed good - but statements like: "Be hard to compete with" - are laughable. Stop making an ass of yourself with such articles, you can do better ( I mean it). Have it proof read by someone smart, before you put it out. To others: Users throwaway000021, saberience, neilk, voiceclonr, distant_hat, ah765, mcilai, beatpanda and johan_larson have all made astute observations.