And every WWI soldier believed he'd make it through the barbed wire and machine gun bullets, otherwise none of them would stick around. I guess the difference

And every WWI soldier believed he'd make it through the barbed wire and machine gun bullets, otherwise none of them would stick around. I guess the difference is, finding out the hard way that you burnt through all your funding and have to look for another job is hardly comparable to getting shot. And some of them (at least, enough to make the VC firms stick around) do succeed.