If I'm not mistaken, Paul Graham is asking to leave "us poor" startups alone because they need the freedom for founders to get rich, otherwise few would do it. Am I understanding that right?
Quoted from his original essay: "And while getting rich is not the only goal of most startup founders, few would do it if one couldn't." [0]
I just can't sink my teeth into thinking that's a universal truth. It's true right now because that's the current rules of the game. You build a company and then make a ton of money, otherwise, you failed. Yet, there are 500+ reasons someone or a couple of people go into a company together, but money being the default driver, seems really cynical to me if you think that's needed to keep people starting companies.
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If I'm not mistaken, Paul Graham is asking to leave "us poor" startups alone because they need the freedom for founders to get rich, otherwise few would do it. Am I understanding that right?
Quoted from his original essay: "And while getting rich is not the only goal of most startup founders, few would do it if one couldn't." [0]
I just can't sink my teeth into thinking that's a universal truth. It's true right now because that's the current rules of the game. You build a company and then make a ton of money, otherwise, you failed. Yet, there are 500+ reasons someone or a couple of people go into a company together, but money being the default driver, seems really cynical to me if you think that's needed to keep people starting companies.
[0] http://www.paulgraham.com/ineq.html