Because to do something consistently over a long period of time requires letting go of opportunities that most ambitious people cannot resist.
This fellow is running a successful business with investors backing it, and yet rather than stay to make it bigger and better he’s ready to throw it all away based off a couple passing conversations he had with some customers. There may have been a time where he felt just as strongly about this business as he does for his new idea.
If his new venture doesn’t take off he’ll be another one of the ambitious failures that litter Silicon Valley looking for the “next opportunity”.
If it does take off, there is still no guarantee he won’t jump ship to some new idea later, especially now that he has done it successfully at least once.
If he stays at his company, he can consistently work to improve it everyday, until it becomes something that can’t be built overnight by some entrepreneur flying by the seat of his pants.
This fellow is running a successful business with investors backing it, and yet rather than stay to make it bigger and better he’s ready to throw it all away based off a couple passing conversations he had with some customers. There may have been a time where he felt just as strongly about this business as he does for his new idea.
If his new venture doesn’t take off he’ll be another one of the ambitious failures that litter Silicon Valley looking for the “next opportunity”.
If it does take off, there is still no guarantee he won’t jump ship to some new idea later, especially now that he has done it successfully at least once.
If he stays at his company, he can consistently work to improve it everyday, until it becomes something that can’t be built overnight by some entrepreneur flying by the seat of his pants.
The choice is his.