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jheriko on Aug 27, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Breaking a myth: Data shows you don’t actually nee...

what bugs me about the startup community is how things like raising 10M in funding or exiting by IPO are considered success.

neither of those things have anything to do with building or running a successful business. they are not even desirable imo.

parenthephobia on Aug 27, 2016 [–]

A lot of people aren't interested in running a successful business except as a means to their actual goal: being independently wealthy.

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