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"Shielded in a cloak of ignorance and enthusiasm we're arrogant enough to think we can change the world and not yet jaded enough to understand the odds against us doing so" - Peter Nixey on Startups (webkitchen.co.uk)
3 points by danw on April 7, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


'... The biggest danger in committing one or more years of your life to a startup is not that you won’t be as rich as you could be, but that if things go wrong you will have to re-enter the employment market with no observable career progression and the stigma of a failed business behind you. ...'

An observable cultural difference b/w Anglo cultures in the UK and Australia and the States. Not so in the US where you, 'fail to success' (by observation). An important point to consider why there are less startups. It's not for the lack of talent, but ultra-conservative business culture.




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