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Actually, I'd like to get you started because I think this is important. I just spent some time on the phone with a technologist who was considering leaving his
by pixelmonkey 16y ago
Actually, I'd like to get you started because I think this is important. I just spent some time on the phone with a technologist who was considering leaving his full-time job to join Dreamit Ventures (Parse.ly's original incubator which just moved from Philly to NYC). The #1 reason he couldn't bring himself to do it so far: the enormous healthcare cost he would have to pay. I couldn't really argue with him. I was paying $1000/mo. in healthcare for the last 12 months (paying for 2 people, me and my girlfriend). That plus the rent for my small 1BR in NYC basically ate 90% of my earnings in my first 4-5 months. If healthcare were free or subsidized, the story would have been very different. I wonder how many potential entrepreneurs decide not to leave their full-time job due to the healthcare reason.