Start-ups are the new grad school, which was the new peace core. It's what you do when you don't know what else to do. That in between stage, where you don't ha

Start-ups are the new grad school, which was the new peace core. It's what you do when you don't know what else to do. That in between stage, where you don't have a next step planned but are anxious and need to do something. Back in the day, you'd join the peace core. It was something productive to do, noble and at least you weren't sitting on the couch collecting dust. Then when the peace core wasn't pleasing, people would go to grad school upon graduation from undergrad. You got your shiny new bachelors degree and no path, maybe no opportunities. So, you'd saddle up for grad school because it bought you more time. Now, all those would be peace core grad students are starting start-ups because it buys you time. They disguise it as 'wanting to change the world' but it's really just buying time until you figure stuff out. This is why there is abundance of shit in the start up world. Too many folks just buying themselves time.