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You have to be crazy to start a startup, and I mean this in a good way. I'm currently working on a startup, completely bootstrapped and taking no VC funds. I k

You have to be crazy to start a startup, and I mean this in a good way. I'm currently working on a startup, completely bootstrapped and taking no VC funds. I know what my odds are and I know that the company will most likely fail, but I still do it. That's what makes startup founders "crazy", because you have to realize how low your odds are and at the same time say "fuck it" and keep going. IMO there will always be startup founders because there will always be folks that want to scratch that itch.

Cthulhu_ 2y ago
And that's fair, that's how all the big tech companies of today were founded. But only people who are in an already comfortable position that they can take the risk can do that, which requires either financial support, still living at home, having passive income to live off of, etc. And even if you have all that, I believe you need to be a special and rare type of person to have an idea and have the self-motivation, energy, discipline, and optimism to bring it to life.