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Between this post and comments from startup school along the same lines, there seems to be a lot of people complaining about founders looking to make a quick bu
by pittsburgh 15y ago
Between this post and comments from startup school along the same lines, there seems to be a lot of people complaining about founders looking to make a quick buck without having to work hard for it.
I live in SF. I'm running a startup, and many of my friends are as well. Where are these lazy, get rich quick people I keep reading about? Am I just lucky to only be surrounded by hard-working entrepreneurs who are trying to build long-term viable businesses, or is this problem being overblown a little?
This is me genuinely asking, not making a statement in question form.
- middus 15y agoWhat's wrong with looking to make a quick buck without having to work hard for it in the first place?
- anon808 15y agoThere's no rules, you can do whatever you want. But i think a lot of people have realized history shows the get rich quick type of folks tend not to actually contribute anything to human progress and more often than not are looking to take advantage of others for their own gain (allowing them to save time to riches). My question: Why would I ever want to deal with anyone like that, and why would anyone else?
- jarek 15y agoHow many people are actually contributing anything to human progress?
- anon808 15y agowho cares. all you can control is what you choose to do.
- omarchowdhury 15y agoMaybe one needs to take care of their own progress before they can take care of others?
- gizmo 15y agoMy guess is that we hear disproportionally much about those companies that are built to flip.