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		Crito on May 6, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Poll: Would you take $10M now or start your own co... I'd take the $10M because I like to run my own show. $10M is in the right neighborhood for "fuck you" money for me, so $10M would allow me to run my own "show" (read: "life").

revorad on May 6, 2014 [–]

Money is just one of the things I need to run my own show, and certainly not the most important one.

Crito on May 6, 2014 | [–]

What else do you need, that money could not get you but ownership of a startup could get you?

asenna on May 6, 2014 | | [–]

Satisfaction; working on something that you built from scratch and is changing the world.

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