| Another old-timer here... It's all in how you define success. Various definitions of success might be: - Someone that Crunchbase wants to interview for every late-breaking tech news story - Someone who runs a single person company that makes $60,000 profit after taxes - Someone who has earned FU money by building their own company(s) - Someone who has over $1m in the bank in cash - Someone who has built a recurring revenue stream from just an idea - Someone whose business hasn't failed yet - Someone who built a company from an idea and that business sustains them - Someone who built a company that has employees - Someone who was able to buy a company and turn that company into a better, more profitable company/outcome - etc There's not just one definition. So what is "a successful startup" to you? Your definition of success goes a long way to defining your happiness, I think. |