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Usually, those "enormous risks" require risking destitution, followed by ill health and death. Pulling the following statements out of my ass: you get approxima
by bsanr2 8y ago
Usually, those "enormous risks" require risking destitution, followed by ill health and death. Pulling the following statements out of my ass: you get approximately one of those per life, on average. People are hesitant to go looking for these "opportunities" and are content to let them come in their own time.
- tylerhou 8y agoLast time I checked, many tech billionaires did not take huge risks. Zuck and Gates were already at Harvard, and they could always return there if FB/Microsoft failed (with upper-middle class families to fund their education). Page and Brin were similarly Ph.D candidates at Stanford. They almost certainly would not have died/faced destitution if Google had failed. If your startup failing really meant death or destitution, why don’t we ever hear about the high death rates of YC founders who fail (or startup founders in general)?
- Ar-Curunir 8y agoBecause all those people had enough built-up privilege to not have to suffer dire consequences. That's not an option for most folks...