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edanm comments on Why don't more rationalists start startups? - Less Wrong Discussion

-3 Post author: adamzerner 20 January 2014 07:29AM

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Comment author: edanm 20 January 2014 07:21:14PM 3 points [-]

Your post is exactly why "how many startups can I conceivably do" is an important question. If failed startups take on average 5 years to fail, which is a reasonable assumption for a semi-successful but ultimately failed startup, then doing 4 startups takes 20 years of your life. For most people, working 20 years at a startup and making relatively low wages is not feasible or desirable.