does anyone here consciously want to make millions?
Count me in.
is some degree of megalomania an asset in the tech startup world?
Muwahahahahaha. Damn right.
but I also see nothing wrong with wanting to be rich, as long as you recognize it's a side effect of a very successful business.
Exactly. Profit is just a way of keeping score... but the point of a business - IMO - is to achieve some end, which might or might not be as simple as "get rich." I just read Jim Collins' book "Built to Last" and he goes into a lot of depth about how important it is to build a company around a set of core values... to, as he puts it "build a clock, not just tell time." Good stuff.
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does anyone here consciously want to make millions?
Count me in.
is some degree of megalomania an asset in the tech startup world?
Muwahahahahaha. Damn right.
but I also see nothing wrong with wanting to be rich, as long as you recognize it's a side effect of a very successful business.
Exactly. Profit is just a way of keeping score... but the point of a business - IMO - is to achieve some end, which might or might not be as simple as "get rich." I just read Jim Collins' book "Built to Last" and he goes into a lot of depth about how important it is to build a company around a set of core values... to, as he puts it "build a clock, not just tell time." Good stuff.