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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe I'm just not innovative enough, but I see this amongst my peers too and don't understand why anyone would do it? If I had enough investors that I could pay myself a salary, fine. But if I had to live off savings and credit cards, then I think a year of traveling to take a break who be much more rejuvenating than running one of these businesses. And I'm not someone who is against running my own business - buy a few properties and manage those or run a bricks and mortar shop - but these fancy businesses that supply nothing useful and depend on angel investors, go fund me campaigns, and family contributions just blow my mind.[/quote]

Me too. 20 something w/ no responsibility -- give me a year in Europe, not a fake business.[/quote]

yes, but when the money runs out he can claim[b] 'ex-ceo' and leverage to another job[/b]; the whole mythos of creative destruction in places like silicon valley do not punish this type of risk-taking, [b]blow someone else's money[/b] failure, they only punish risk-aversion (probably b/c VC keep coming back looking for the next Apple or Google... maybe Facebook too, but honestly it's P/E ratio is crazy high so its true valuation may be suspect).

There is a lot of cash out there, you can find funding for anything with the thinnest of business plans...[/quote]

Where are you getting this bad information? You need to educate yourself through more than gossip. [/quote]

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