Allan Young writes with a somewhat different perspective in a post called The Startup Myth, warning entrepreneurs about existing in a perpetual startup mode and never getting to cruising altitude. He says:
Get real. Entrepreneurship is about growth and value. Entrepreneurship is about creating something a sufficient number of people want or need. Entrepreneurship is about turning every dollar of resources spent into something worth more than a dollar. Entrepreneurship is about building a company and growing it beyond startup stage.
In other words, don’t get stuck eating ramen noodles for years because that would mean you are not building value.
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