Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from families with money
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HN comment orderBeing a developer really helps. I've interviewed many dozens of self-funded founders who've explained that the reason they felt comfortable "taking the leap" of entrepreneurship was because they knew they could always fall back to working as developers. Getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to write code is a pretty solid fallback plan. This was true for me as well, and is why I've never had trouble starting things, even when I didn't have investors or a rich family…
It is simple. 1. Some people take risk because they CAN and probably what they have seen from their family/parents (a.k.a rich/privilege). It is the cool thing to do. 2. Some people take risk because they WANT to regardless of their family situation (I am in this category). I just cannot see myself working in a job. 3. Some people take risk because they HAVE to. They have nothing else going on for them and doing their own thing is…
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- Total points
- 232
- Total comments
- 163
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-14 | Entrepreneurs don’t have a special gene for risk | chrismealy | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-01-22 | Entrepreneurs don’t have a special gene for risk they come from families with | ryanmccullagh | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-07-27 | Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from families with moneyFirst breakout · Best thread | doener | 128 | 91 |
| 2021-07-01 | Entrepreneurs don’t have a special gene for risk, they come from rich familiesLatest 20+ point return | paulpauper | 99 | 72 |