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> With a $5 investment in starting a business, I can get absolutely, unequivocally, zero odds of becoming a millionaire in the next year as a result. That isn
by downandout 11y ago
> With a $5 investment in starting a business, I can get absolutely, unequivocally, zero odds of becoming a millionaire in the next year as a result.
That isn't necessarily the case if you're resourceful. Someone can teach themselves to code, register a domain for 99 cents, get a Microsoft BizSpark account and have a free server for 3 years, etc. If you want to write apps you're at $125 ($99 for an Apple Developer account and $25 for a Google Play developer account) but that is still far less than most lottery players spend on the lottery each year.
- tempestn 11y agoTime is money, as the saying goes. You've still invested a lot more than $5. (I'm not saying it's a bad investment by any means, but there is an opportunity cost.)
- geofft 11y agoI would venture that a large fraction of lottery players have a day job and a family to provide for. To participate in the lottery on top of that schedule takes them maybe an additional minute or two each day. To write apps and become a millionaire takes well over a minute or two. In order to do that, they'd have to give up their ability to provide for or spend time with their family, at least temporarily.