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Why do you people up vote this stuff? This place is turning into planet of the obvious... do you really need to read a page of it's not easy? pfff junk

• hacker64 19y ago
  It's not as obvious as you might think. Otherwise, there won't be tens of thousands of anandoned startups.
  • jsnx 19y ago
    Otherwise there wouldn't be tens of thousands...
• imsteve 19y ago
  It's not obvious at all how extremely hard it can be to have a successful startup. It's "harder than hard." It's something you can't really appreciate until you've tried. Have you?
  • migpwr 19y ago
    you all are hilarious...
  • waleedka 19y ago
    Agree. We all know it's hard. But not until we actually try it that we get a real sense of "how hard".
• caveman82 19y ago
  The article's fault is not that the message itself is overtly obvious, it's that it neglects the more important question of: Why there will always be a large number of entrepreneurs in spite of the low success rates of starting a business and the enormous amount of work, dedication, and "luck" required to be immensely successful. But that would be opening up an economic/philosophical can of worms that is neither here nor there.
  • nickb 19y ago
    > Why there will always be a large number of entrepreneurs in spite of the low success rates Visit Las Vegas or lotto ticket booth and chat to people... it will clear up a lot of things.
    • weiser 19y ago
      I've played blackjack in vegas, and I am also working on my web app these days. The latter is relatively harder
    • snifty 19y ago
      This isn't a very good comparison. I applaud the fact that the post is advocating a bit of realism (something which is in short supply in the entrepreneurial world). I also don't deny that there is an element of luck in succeeding. But it's _not_ a total crapshoot. There is a lot more variance and room for planning in a business than there is sitting at a craps table. I think on average people who at least try to start a company and work to build something are not comparable to people sitting on their asses pouring quarters into slots or lottery tickets.
  • cstejerean 19y ago
    The question you are asking has a very obvious answer, because people are willing to take their chances in hopes of becoming rich. Look at the number of people trying to become actors/actresses or hope to make it big as a professional basketball/football/baseball player or heck even become a drug dealer. It's simple economics. The potential rewards are great and most folks over estimate their ability.