the experience i had in large-company life (ages 21-25) gave me the confidence to dump a large amount of personal money into my startup. if i didn't know it wa

the experience i had in large-company life (ages 21-25) gave me the confidence to dump a large amount of personal money into my startup. if i didn't know it was possible to make decent money at such an early age, i would have been scared to death. to me it was no big deal. in retrospect it was a pretty brave/risky thing to do, but it didn't feel like it at the time. money came, money went. simple as that. to a certain extent, i feel the same way now. if everything went to hell tomorrow, i could just get a job and probably earn in the neighborhood of $150k/year on salary. we, the founders, have 100% ownership of our company, which is profitable and growing at approximately 75-100% a year. 5 years spent in megacorp life versus seeking funding and giving up ownership was well worth it.