he says it's smart to build for profit and take the safer money, rather than go all or nothing. the point is that the two don't have to be mutually exclusive.

he says it's smart to build for profit and take the safer money, rather than go all or nothing. the point is that the two don't have to be mutually exclusive. they may well be if you're building a consumer web app without any monetization strategy but not for e.g. an ad network - something that needs to make money from the start and can also be bought out eventually.