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Sounds like you're on the 'deferred life' plan. Drop the startup, get a job in Rome, and start enjoying the pizza. You can't have the fancy car, but you'd get

by johnrob 13y ago

Sounds like you're on the 'deferred life' plan. Drop the startup, get a job in Rome, and start enjoying the pizza. You can't have the fancy car, but you'd get bored of that in a month anyways.

ryguytilidie 13y ago
But as I alluded to, at that point, when you're bored, start something new with the new capital and connections you have.
- justinlloyd 13y ago
  A truism of life: If you drive an R8 around, eat the best pizza you can and dress as Da Vinci, people will call you crazy and lock you up. If you drive an R8 around, eat the best pizza you can and dress as Da Vinci when you $35,000,000 in the bank, people pleasantly refer to you as eccentric and like having you around.
  - vinceguidry 13y ago
    Eccentrism is by no means the sole privilege of the rich. Emperor Norton was a famously broke, yet grandiose fellow who was beloved throughout the city of San Francisco in the late 1800s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton
    - justinlloyd 13y ago
      You can draw any line you like through a single data point. But you also kind of missed the original reference.
  - droopyEyelids 13y ago
    I suppose having my deferment rubbed in my face like that might rankle
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chii 13y ago
> get a job in Rome and therein lies the problem - you have to have a job. which kinda precludes you from doing the rest of what you want to do (which mostlikely takes up time and money, for not very much profit, if any at all).
joshAg 13y ago
As someone who bought his cheapest dream car about 6 years ago, don't blame the car for getting bored. :P
vidarh 13y ago
One one hand, you're right. On the other hand, chasing dreams like that is far riskier without substantial cash in the bank. If it truly is his life dream, then sure - go for it without the money. But a lot of dreams turn out to not be so much fun after a month after all, and the big difference the cash makes is that you don't need to commit. Dreams change? Big deal. Dip into the savings and move/do something entirely different next month. If you have the money you are free to chase "dreams" that you are a lot less serious about.

by johnrob 13y ago

Sounds like you're on the 'deferred life' plan. Drop the startup, get a job in Rome, and start enjoying the pizza. You can't have the fancy car, but you'd get bored of that in a month anyways.

ryguytilidie 13y ago

But as I alluded to, at that point, when you're bored, start something new with the new capital and connections you have.

justinlloyd 13y ago
A truism of life: If you drive an R8 around, eat the best pizza you can and dress as Da Vinci, people will call you crazy and lock you up. If you drive an R8 around, eat the best pizza you can and dress as Da Vinci when you $35,000,000 in the bank, people pleasantly refer to you as eccentric and like having you around.
- vinceguidry 13y ago
  Eccentrism is by no means the sole privilege of the rich. Emperor Norton was a famously broke, yet grandiose fellow who was beloved throughout the city of San Francisco in the late 1800s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton
  - justinlloyd 13y ago
    You can draw any line you like through a single data point. But you also kind of missed the original reference.
- droopyEyelids 13y ago
  I suppose having my deferment rubbed in my face like that might rankle

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chii 13y ago

> get a job in Rome and therein lies the problem - you have to have a job. which kinda precludes you from doing the rest of what you want to do (which mostlikely takes up time and money, for not very much profit, if any at all).

joshAg 13y ago

As someone who bought his cheapest dream car about 6 years ago, don't blame the car for getting bored. :P

vidarh 13y ago

One one hand, you're right. On the other hand, chasing dreams like that is far riskier without substantial cash in the bank. If it truly is his life dream, then sure - go for it without the money. But a lot of dreams turn out to not be so much fun after a month after all, and the big difference the cash makes is that you don't need to commit. Dreams change? Big deal. Dip into the savings and move/do something entirely different next month. If you have the money you are free to chase "dreams" that you are a lot less serious about.