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Accepted a buyout of the shares or IPR for what felt like a pittance in the last couple of cases (well, second one was not yet VC) which is just about enough to
by DamonHD 3y ago
Accepted a buyout of the shares or IPR for what felt like a pittance in the last couple of cases (well, second one was not yet VC) which is just about enough to semi-retire on, and I am trying to make use of what is in my head for a PhD!
- lusus_naturae 3y agoIs it okay to call them "failures" if you were able to get money for them to semi-retire on? But I get it, everyone has their own goals.
- DamonHD 3y agoThe second one in particular had some very specific climate-change fixing goals which I can no longer ensure, and our investors did not get much money back. Also it seems that I live pretty modestly. So my careful semi-retirement might be someone else's purgatory. I have tagged along with many millionaires for many years and I hanker for nothing much in their lifestyle! As Spike Milligan said, riches just buy you a better class of enemy...
- lusus_naturae 3y ago> riches just buy you a better class of enemy. Depends on your personality, I'd say