" I view the assertion that being a risk-taker in the startup world is synonymous with being privileged as absurd and adolescent."
Just being in the position to ^take risk^, is privilege itself.
Just being in the position to ^take risk^, is privilege itself.
It does in a way. Founders eating ramen, working long, odd hours, for an idea that may not pay off at all; Who can walk away from a startup and brush it off as experience. An employee doesn't get that opportunity. An employee also doesn't take the risk. They may never have the opportunity to take these kinds of risks.
More specifically, for what percentage of startups would you consider it fair to say?
Can you show an example of damage done by this sort of "defamation"?