The kids who start playing at a young age don't generally start out dreaming of selling out for slightly better odds at some point later in life. They have thei

The kids who start playing at a young age don't generally start out dreaming of selling out for slightly better odds at some point later in life. They have their eyes set on their heros and they go as hard as they can. Its only later that they become realistic in their expectations. I am trying to weakly correlate this concept to startups. You have to start out dreamy-eyed enough to start. You can deal with reality later. When Scott Mace and I started CalendarHub and applied to YCombinator in the same year as Justin Khans Kiko, we weren't shooting for lifestyle business. We were shooting for Get-Bought-By-Google or bust. Reality set in later. That was my start, at least I started :).