> Starting a company that you’re in love with is the right kind of risk. Questionable. I know someone who started a company around half a decade ago, is now ou

> Starting a company that you’re in love with is the right kind of risk. Questionable. I know someone who started a company around half a decade ago, is now out of business with nothing really to fall back on and can't collect contribution related unemployment benefits because they weren't paying N1 national insurance contributions. Yay companies! May be a big thing, but some people really should not be starting companies. > If you fail at an idea that you really loved and could have been great, you’re unlikely to regret it, and people will not hold it against you. Depends on local culture a lot. Notably in Europe, IME, it's much more likely to be held against you. ============ I do agree with the general tone of the piece though: That if you want to do something great you'll have to take on some measure of risk. IMO the time to take these risks is when you have a strong fall back position. What you don't want to do is get to 30, have got things wrong repeatedly, and not have a steady income or a home or anything really to your name. You've got to know what you're going to do if things go south.