[themenace]

"How is believing in your product an excuse for not trying to minimise risk. Especially if you know that most startups fail, there's no good reason not to hedge your bets."

Would you agree that this would not be a good answer even if it is the reason?

Some gentler ways to answer:

- Keeping my house gives me a feeling of security so I can devote all time and energy to the startup.

- My heavily mortgaged house is not nearly enough to fund the startup.

- Keeping my house is not unreasonable when I am already investing an enormous amount of my time and energy and my life into this.

- I might indeed sell my house but I don't think I'll need to. I feel that this startup is a great investment, and I think investors will agree.

Anyone got a better response?

[mluiten]

How about: the security provided by an unconditional roof over my head and food on the table allows me to use my abilities in problem-solving and creativity, according to Maslow's hierarchy. [1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs