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by chrisyeh 5147 days ago
I've written a lot about how one needs to be realistic in the entrepreneurial life. Here's just a few examples:

http://chrisyeh.blogspot.com/2012/05/entrepreneurial-success...

http://chrisyeh.blogspot.com/2010/07/entrepreneurship-is-abo...

If you define success as building a billion-dollar company, you'll almost certainly be disappointed. Billion-dollar startups usually come once every few years.

But I also want people to be aware that their time is shorter than they think.