I want to work on interesting stuff. But... Here's the fallacy. I don't believe that what our startup is doing is the only interesting stuff I could be working

I want to work on interesting stuff. But... Here's the fallacy. I don't believe that what our startup is doing is the only interesting stuff I could be working on. Some of the interesting things I'd like to do have no obvious, direct economic benefit. For example, there's a bunch of important work which needs doing in emergency technologies which isn't the kind of thing you can build into a scalable, VC-type business. If I had the freedom from economic uncertainty to work on those problems, you bet I'd consider it.