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jackpirate on Aug 10, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Best Advice My Dad Ever Gave Me (for Demo Day)

It's not fear of failure. It's possible that there are people who couldn't do a startup even if guaranteed 100% chance of success in 10 years due to the stress/lack of money in the mean time.

Domenic_S on Aug 10, 2012 [–]

IMO the calculation in that situation is risk of ruin.

The higher your financial obligations are, the more weight the ruin side of the equation holds.

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