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I agree with everything you've said, but if it's true that you can get rich from a startup without working extremely long hours, we should be able to find some

I agree with everything you've said, but if it's true that you can get rich from a startup without working extremely long hours, we should be able to find some evidence of that. And if there's no evidence, then maybe we should rethink whether it's true.

ridgeguy 12y ago
Most founders work very hard, often to destructive excess as portrayed in the article. And most startups fail. This suggests that hard work is weakly correlated with startup success. If so, a dearth of examples of successful startups by founders lacking a chronic death-march work ethic doesn't speak at all to whether burnout is a requirement for success.
lotsofmangos 12y ago
The HP garage was a part time venture.