Comment by rnewme
1 year ago
At one point you grow up and realize the fastest way to your goals is using money, and best bet to get lots of money fast is the VC game.
1 year ago
At one point you grow up and realize the fastest way to your goals is using money, and best bet to get lots of money fast is the VC game.
Your argument has a logic leap in it: The fastest way to your goals is using money, but that doesn't mean you need lots of money to achieve your goals.
All things in balance. It's often easier to get stuff done with more hands, and it's a lot easier when you're able to pay for people's time.
There are plenty of counter-examples to this (writing OSS software, farming your own land with a commune, etc), but in general it's easier to get stuff done when you can throw cash at it, at least in late stage capitalism. It'd be hard to build a company like SpaceX without a boatload of cash!
Again, though, not everyone's goal is to build SpaceX. Some people just want to have a small shop that makes their local community happy and serves it, and that doesn't take a boatload of cash.