Sorry, that's horse shit. Pirating software to make money is the epitome of hypocrisy. If you need something for your startup, buy it.
Pirating it outright is straight up bad for you and for your startup. If you are successful, someday you might have employees. How can you get any respect from anyone if you tell them to load up a pirated copy of something. Even if not, self respect is an important thing (even if subconsciously). If you know you're cutting corners, you'll end up be less motivated to follow through on things.
Edit: Don't know why people are downvoting, but to clarify: I wasn't sure if jeb was using TPB for the same purpose as we are or if he was suggesting TPB as a way to take a break (movies, music, games etc)
When I had no money, I'd get even $20 software off there. Now I buy $20 software, but I get $900 software off there. In the future perhaps, I'll buy $900 software.
Pirating it outright is straight up bad for you and for your startup. If you are successful, someday you might have employees. How can you get any respect from anyone if you tell them to load up a pirated copy of something. Even if not, self respect is an important thing (even if subconsciously). If you know you're cutting corners, you'll end up be less motivated to follow through on things.
Whatever, just dont do it. It's stupid.