The whole idea of "wantrepreneur" and getting an "entrepreneur badge" just rubs me the wrong way. The rest of the points in the post--some of which are definite

The whole idea of "wantrepreneur" and getting an "entrepreneur badge" just rubs me the wrong way. The rest of the points in the post--some of which are definitely useful--just get tarred by that. The implicit equivalence between "app" and "startup" doesn't help either. The main reason I'm attracted to startups is that, unlike established companies or academia, there is no exclusive "startup club". No prescribed way of doing things, no particular hoops to jump through. Ultimately, anything goes and you'll probably fail regardless :P. There is a lot of room to do things differently and to do them the way you want. Subscribing to some strict delineation between "entrepreneur" and "wantrepreneur" just goes against all that.