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The Fringe

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A small percentage of people in each free-market society generate the jobs for everyone else. The people who create these jobs are solidly on The Fringe.

Marriage? Having a kid? Really? I'm no serial entrepreneur, but I'd have thought those are exactly the wrong milestones to pick to do a startup, for obvious reasons.

Other than that, good article, even though the Presumptuous Capitalized Phrases get a little annoying.

Some desktop wallpapering, because I liked that quote.

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Can I get a 1280x1024 version? =]

Sure. Just updated the comment for both aspect ratios.

"Successful entrepreneurs intuitively know they will win. Losing is simply not an acceptable outcome."

False, false, false!

edit: Might be a fun and useful attitude to have until you fail (if you do), at which point you're just crushed ("OMG I knew I couldn't possibly fail but I did anyway! It's unacceptable!!!")

The non-entrepreneurs see that failure as a final outcome. The entrepreneurs see it as one more iteration on the path to success.

Losing is simply not an acceptable outcome. So you keep trying until you win.

Exactly. Each start-up failure is a monumental learning opportunity. So long as it doesn't kill you, it will make you (a lot) stronger.

And if the chances of success are 50%, then surely that means that within 2-3 start-ups you should be 90% likely of succeeding... so start-up failure is not actually a failure, it's just getting the fails out of the way so you can get to the wins.

Ahhh, that kind of losing.

Point of view is worth 30-IQ points.

experience is what you get when do not get what you want... [in a startup] you always gain valuable experience from a failed adVenture.

to err is to learn.

Finally an explanation that someone on the outside might be able to understand.

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