I'm 33, and a lot of this has been occurring to me lately too. I still waffle over "lifestyle business" versus "startup", but as time goes on, I feel more and m

I'm 33, and a lot of this has been occurring to me lately too. I still waffle over "lifestyle business" versus "startup", but as time goes on, I feel more and more attracted to the lifestyle business. Startups are making a lot of people very wealthy, and many of them aren't people that might become as wealthy were it not for the startup scene. Still, there's something that really stuck with me a while back: pg's favorite sandwich shop was closing, and he had to appeal to others to try to save it, because he didn't have the liquidity to do much himself. I think sandwich shops are important. And, I realize that the vocal majority on HN considers value measured in dollars, so if I said that I thought that a good local sandwich shop was just as valuable as, say, Zynga, that would probably generate this huge argument that wouldn't generate any value for anyone. But, if value is measured in terms of what's important to people -- well, Zynga's a lot easier to do without than a good local sandwich shop. So I think I'd like to put myself into a position to save a sandwich shop once in a while. Or maybe even have one of my own, as a hobby. For that matter, I think there ought to be better programs for things like sandwich shops that helps them stay out of trouble. And more and more, I think lifestyle businesses are a better way to reach those goals.