> My business goal has always been to get a sustainable business going that generates reasonable profits. 100% agree with that, but I was referring to people w

> My business goal has always been to get a sustainable business going that generates reasonable profits. 100% agree with that, but I was referring to people who found startups, with "startup" defined as per http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html. If you're founding a startup, by that definition your goal is to get rich. If you just want to get a sustainable business going that generates reasonable profits (and, to be clear, that's the path that I'd prefer to take), I wouldn't call that a startup.