A small percentage of people in each free-market society generate the jobs for everyone else. The people who create these jobs are solidly on The Fringe.
Marriage? Having a kid? Really? I'm no serial entrepreneur, but I'd have thought those are exactly the wrong milestones to pick to do a startup, for obvious reasons.<p>Other than that, good article, even though the Presumptuous Capitalized Phrases get a little annoying.
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"Successful entrepreneurs intuitively know they will win. Losing is simply not an acceptable outcome."<p>False, false, false!<p>edit: Might be a fun and useful attitude to have until you fail (if you do), at which point you're just crushed ("OMG I knew I couldn't possibly fail but I did anyway! It's unacceptable!!!")
<i>Point of view is worth 30-IQ points.</i><p><i>experience is what you get when do not get what you want... [in a startup] you always gain valuable experience from a failed adVenture.</i><p>to err is to learn.