You're right that doing a startup is expensive especially when you look at opportunity costs. Google was going up against Microsoft that was killing off competi

You're right that doing a startup is expensive especially when you look at opportunity costs. Google was going up against Microsoft that was killing off competitors to the point it was on the Simpsons. There are many factors and one of them can be luck. I respect anyone who does a start up because it's easy to be a naysayer. I wouldn't have invested in GlacierMD but I wouldn't have invested in SnapChat because I still don't get it. One thing I did notice is that he was the sole founder. This is the number one mistake according to Paul Graham: http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html oddly enough I'm interviewing for a position that is using the same inputs as the OP but with slightly different outputs and we have a corporate buyer lined up.