"I've said this to tons of people privately and publicly: entrepreneurship has become the new "I'm working on a novel". "

An interesting statement to mention. In the distant past, writing a novel would be seen as a rather impressive and lofty goal. But as the barriers to writing novels decrease, so too does the actual impressiveness of a novel.

As technology makes startups easier to create, startups themselves should begin to lose their luster as well.