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		eli on April 7, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What I'd tell myself about startups if I could go ... I'm not the author, but I think it's related to the following point about failing fast. It's not a good situation to be pouring yourself into a business that just plods along, never really in danger of going bankrupt but also never in danger of great success. A clear failure would be preferable because it would be a lot easier to walk away, pivot, start over, etc.

mattbee on April 7, 2015 [–]

Putting 40hrs/week into a stable, increasingly-profitable business is hardly a slow death, though.

eli on April 7, 2015 | [–]

Neither is putting in 40hrs/week at a stable job at BigCo

infinite8s on April 7, 2015 | | [–]

You missed the part about "increasingly profitable" which leverages each additional hour to generate more income (which no job will give you).

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