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Comment author: JoshuaZ 01 July 2010 12:47:00AM 3 points [-]

That's not necessarily self-interested. If one did well with that, one would be able to have a lot more impact in helpful ways. However, there's seem to be the not at all tiny issues that 1) startups are unlikely to succeed and 2) at minimum one needs some sort of idea. It seems l that the success of startups is closely related to whether or not they have an original, practical business model.

Comment author: mattnewport 01 July 2010 12:56:54AM *  2 points [-]

Paul Graham suggests in the linked article that the importance of a good idea to the success of a startup is overrated.

Actually, startup ideas are not million dollar ideas, and here's an experiment you can try to prove it: just try to sell one. Nothing evolves faster than markets. The fact that there's no market for startup ideas suggests there's no demand. Which means, in the narrow sense of the word, that startup ideas are worthless.

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