I think key part of this article is this sentence: "Watching your savings dwindle isn’t a risk, it’s a fact." There's no risk in founding a startup, if you take

I think key part of this article is this sentence: "Watching your savings dwindle isn’t a risk, it’s a fact." There's no risk in founding a startup, if you take "risk" to mean "possible downside". There is a _certain_ downside; maybe that doesn't qualify as "risk". If you go into a startup thinking that you'll have dwindling savings, lost time with family and friends, and mental and physical health impact, there's nothing "risky" about it.