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"...but if anyone wants to buy my company for a few hundred million (it’s worth it!) then I promise I’ll follow in Elon Musk’s footsteps and focus on the rest o

"...but if anyone wants to buy my company for a few hundred million (it’s worth it!) then I promise I’ll follow in Elon Musk’s footsteps and focus on the rest of you." I honestly don't know how to take this.

bkanber 14y ago
How do you mean? I hope I haven't offended you.
- startupfounder 14y ago
  First off I am in Brooklyn and I am experiencing the daily realities of a post Sandy city in recovery. The genius of Elon Musk is that he is not choosing between being a multi-millionaire and focusing on bettering humanity (focusing on the rest of us, as you said). He is not motivated by being a millionaire or billionaire (as it seems like you are). His wealth is a direct result of providing value to society, that is how capitalism works, the more value you create for humanity the more wealth you create for yourself and others. Musk was on the verge of loosing everything, his wife, his 3rd rocket and Tesla due to accounting errors. But his desire to do great things for humanity pushed him past all of these hurdles that would stop most which now make him look like a hero. I think you are going about it the wrong way, it seems like you think that by selling your company for "hundres of millions" will make you happy. It seems like only when you are on your high horse of being a multi-millionaire that you will look down upon and help the rest of us. Bullshit! Why can't you crate value for humanity in a meaningful way through building software that is solving a big problem and creating wealth for you and society? I think you are selling yourself way short by only focusing on trying to sell your software company that is not solving a big enough problem. If it was solving a big problem you wouldn't have written this blog post! You are torn because it is not solving a big enough problem. This is the problem with the startup culture today, you are the epitome of it! Your last statement is what is wrong with Silicon Vally today: "...but if anyone wants to buy my company for a few hundred million (it’s worth it!) then I promise I’ll follow in Elon Musk’s footsteps and focus on the rest of you." That is the worst IF THEN statement! IF millionaire, THEN rest of you... How about, IF I help solve huge problems for humanity THEN I will both be fulfilled in life and as a bonus could be a multi-millionaire or billionaire.
  - bkanber 14y ago
    Ah, sorry dude, but you've got me wrong. What I said was just a humorous quip at the end of a blog post, and simply does not represent the whole truth. Please take it as a joke, it certainly was meant as such. Hope you're well in Brooklyn; I'm in SI. Rough out here.

bkanber 14y ago

How do you mean? I hope I haven't offended you.

startupfounder 14y ago
First off I am in Brooklyn and I am experiencing the daily realities of a post Sandy city in recovery. The genius of Elon Musk is that he is not choosing between being a multi-millionaire and focusing on bettering humanity (focusing on the rest of us, as you said). He is not motivated by being a millionaire or billionaire (as it seems like you are). His wealth is a direct result of providing value to society, that is how capitalism works, the more value you create for humanity the more wealth you create for yourself and others. Musk was on the verge of loosing everything, his wife, his 3rd rocket and Tesla due to accounting errors. But his desire to do great things for humanity pushed him past all of these hurdles that would stop most which now make him look like a hero. I think you are going about it the wrong way, it seems like you think that by selling your company for "hundres of millions" will make you happy. It seems like only when you are on your high horse of being a multi-millionaire that you will look down upon and help the rest of us. Bullshit! Why can't you crate value for humanity in a meaningful way through building software that is solving a big problem and creating wealth for you and society? I think you are selling yourself way short by only focusing on trying to sell your software company that is not solving a big enough problem. If it was solving a big problem you wouldn't have written this blog post! You are torn because it is not solving a big enough problem. This is the problem with the startup culture today, you are the epitome of it! Your last statement is what is wrong with Silicon Vally today: "...but if anyone wants to buy my company for a few hundred million (it’s worth it!) then I promise I’ll follow in Elon Musk’s footsteps and focus on the rest of you." That is the worst IF THEN statement! IF millionaire, THEN rest of you... How about, IF I help solve huge problems for humanity THEN I will both be fulfilled in life and as a bonus could be a multi-millionaire or billionaire.
- bkanber 14y ago
  Ah, sorry dude, but you've got me wrong. What I said was just a humorous quip at the end of a blog post, and simply does not represent the whole truth. Please take it as a joke, it certainly was meant as such. Hope you're well in Brooklyn; I'm in SI. Rough out here.