[pittsburgh]

Between this post and comments from startup school along the same lines, there seems to be a lot of people complaining about founders looking to make a quick buck without having to work hard for it.

I live in SF. I'm running a startup, and many of my friends are as well. Where are these lazy, get rich quick people I keep reading about? Am I just lucky to only be surrounded by hard-working entrepreneurs who are trying to build long-term viable businesses, or is this problem being overblown a little?

This is me genuinely asking, not making a statement in question form.

[gizmo]

My guess is that we hear disproportionally much about those companies that are built to flip.

[middus]

What's wrong with looking to make a quick buck without having to work hard for it in the first place?

[anon808]

There's no rules, you can do whatever you want. But i think a lot of people have realized history shows the get rich quick type of folks tend not to actually contribute anything to human progress and more often than not are looking to take advantage of others for their own gain (allowing them to save time to riches). My question: Why would I ever want to deal with anyone like that, and why would anyone else?

[jarek]

How many people are actually contributing anything to human progress?

[anon808]

who cares. all you can control is what you choose to do.

[omarchowdhury]

Maybe one needs to take care of their own progress before they can take care of others?

[anon808]

they're not mutually exclusive

[jarek]

except when they are

[anon808]

Again it's a choice, you decide. They don't have to be mutually exclusive if you don't want them to be.