No, this is not the reality for everyone. You do not have to get married to an idea to make money or require capital to make a return for shareholders. Many p

No, this is not the reality for everyone. You do not have to get married to an idea to make money or require capital to make a return for shareholders. Many people have the luxury of trying multiple ideas without needing to top up their personal balance sheet by exchanging time for money. This allows them to rapidly iterate towards a market hit, and solidify the survivorship bias. Many other founders do only get one chance to blow all their savings and then go back to work for the next decade, increasing the likelihood that they encumber themselves with more life circumstances that prevent them from ever having the flexibility to not exchange time for food and shelter.