Joel Spolsky recently said[1] that if your whole attitude is "this thing can make me rich" as opposed to "this thing needs to exist", then maybe you don't have

Joel Spolsky recently said[1] that if your whole attitude is "this thing can make me rich" as opposed to "this thing needs to exist", then maybe you don't have the passion required to run a startup. Is that something you select for (or against)? [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2298470 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2298470