Yep. Your startup fails? "Wow you founded a startup! Join our exec team!" You lost a billion dollars? "Wow you were trusted with a billion dollars! Join our exe

Yep. Your startup fails? "Wow you founded a startup! Join our exec team!" You lost a billion dollars? "Wow you were trusted with a billion dollars! Join our exec team!" You presided over the death of a famous and beloved institution (say Radio Shack, Toys R Us, Yahoo, etc)? "Wow you worked at a famous place! Join our exec team!" At a certain level, risks no longer are about potential upsides and potential downsides, they're about potential upsides and potential massive upsides. Risk taking has no negatives