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> If you believe you can, you might try, and you might make it. The statistics are pretty clear that you almost certainly will not. So by all means give it a

> If you believe you can, you might try, and you might make it. The statistics are pretty clear that you almost certainly will not. So by all means give it a shot if you can do so without screwing your chance at whatever you'll do if/when it fails. People deserve dignity and meaning no matter what work they do. This should not be reserved to the folks who manage to start unicorns (let alone Googles).

csallen 3y ago
"Aim for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." This is an area where I think this quote applies. Don't reach Google status and build the next $1T company? Okay, maybe you'll make a unicorn. Don't make a unicorn? Maybe you'll start a $100M company. Or a $10M company. Or a $1M company. Or hell, a $100k company is a hell of an achievement. And if you fail to do that? Well congratulations, you're eminently employable. Because on your way to "failure," you likely taught yourself a lot about code/tech, work either, managing people, raising money, marketing, and business, to say nothing of the professional contacts you made along the way. I haven't met founders who feel that by starting and failing companies they have "screwed their chance" at something, at least not in a professional capacity. One caveat (and it's a big one) is people going all in* on startups in their 20s, neglecting their health and relationships.