This strikes a chord that's been humming for awhile. People flock to start-ups expecting wonderful lifestyle, changing the world, yada yada yada. But then they fall prey to the same societal pressures that they sought to escape from in the first place.In the end they're still climbing the ladder, just instead of the end point being CEO, their end point is IPO. There's not a huge difference.<p>I wonder if it's possible to bring "slow" principles (as in slow food) to the world of start-ups? There's nothing wrong with fast and lean, but the interpretation of it has been perverted to a great extent I think.<p>Personally as a founder I aspire to stay bootstrapped and migrate to financially sustainable to scale. Even if that means $20K for 10 years, that's still enough money to live in SF if you know how, and I don't want to subject myself to pressures from any number of investors demanding returns. I want to focus on the social vision that I want to achieve, not monetization. Yes I'm starting from a more idealist perspective, but hey, I expect some of that to be worn away with time, hopefully by starting from a greater base, I'll still keep some of it by the end!