My guess is running a startup is like running a marathon. The idea of it is great to many people, but as people start to train they realize all the work it takes and drop out. People get into things without fully understanding it all the time. The few that really love it or enjoy the process makes it to the starting line.
Totally agree. The number one rule of (most) startups is that everything takes infinitely longer than you would imagine. And then, even longer than that still...
Understanding everything before you get into it is overrated. Belief is a necessary requirement to move the world forward. And that in itself requires some naivety. Otherwise those people who can actually see it through wouldn't even start - most of them didn't "understand" it before they started.
