I like the way you've put that. I certainly don't see being broke as a necessary condition of being scrappy, or driven. I don't see that being broke necessari

I like the way you've put that. I certainly don't see being broke as a necessary condition of being scrappy, or driven. I don't see that being broke necessarily leads to being scrappy in ways that help a startup either. I've seen (and been in) startups where the founders were more focused on short term income to pay their bills than long term success in the company - and it IS definitely possible for those two things to be at odds. It wasn't a recipe for success. I can appreciate (and believe) that being broke may add some level of motivation for some people. I don't believe that motivation is going to be distraction free in most cases, and therefore I feel the argument falls well short of being taken seriously.