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Why do you people up vote this stuff? This place is turning into planet of the obvious... do you really need to read a page of it's not easy?

pfff junk

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The article's fault is not that the message itself is overtly obvious, it's that it neglects the more important question of: Why there will always be a large number of entrepreneurs in spite of the low success rates of starting a business and the enormous amount of work, dedication, and "luck" required to be immensely successful.

But that would be opening up an economic/philosophical can of worms that is neither here nor there.

> Why there will always be a large number of entrepreneurs in spite of the low success rates

Visit Las Vegas or lotto ticket booth and chat to people... it will clear up a lot of things.

I've played blackjack in vegas, and I am also working on my web app these days. The latter is relatively harder

This isn't a very good comparison.

I applaud the fact that the post is advocating a bit of realism (something which is in short supply in the entrepreneurial world). I also don't deny that there is an element of luck in succeeding. But it's _not_ a total crapshoot. There is a lot more variance and room for planning in a business than there is sitting at a craps table.

I think on average people who at least try to start a company and work to build something are not comparable to people sitting on their asses pouring quarters into slots or lottery tickets.

The question you are asking has a very obvious answer, because people are willing to take their chances in hopes of becoming rich. Look at the number of people trying to become actors/actresses or hope to make it big as a professional basketball/football/baseball player or heck even become a drug dealer. It's simple economics.

The potential rewards are great and most folks over estimate their ability.

It's not obvious at all how extremely hard it can be to have a successful startup. It's "harder than hard."

It's something you can't really appreciate until you've tried. Have you?

you all are hilarious...

Agree. We all know it's hard. But not until we actually try it that we get a real sense of "how hard".

It's not as obvious as you might think. Otherwise, there won't be tens of thousands of anandoned startups.

Otherwise there wouldn't be tens of thousands...

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