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How’d you get started / get in a position to both have all these opportunities, and be able to take them?
by mwint 5y ago
How’d you get started / get in a position to both have all these opportunities, and be able to take them?
- smt88 5y agoI was born lucky (high-income parents who encouraged me to learn coding and had money for computers) and have financed most of my bootstrapping with sweat equity. For example, I've done some joint ventures with business people who were willing to give me 50% of market rate but then a big chunk of equity. I have never worked for $0 and no one should ever do that. Eventually I became sought after enough that I can make market rate and still get equity. Startups are like lottery tickets, and if you aren't just born rich, you have to find a way to get more lottery without going bankrupt or ruining your quality of life.