[rwallace]

One could argue those two factors are very important if you want to take a shot at creating the next Google or Facebook (which an unusually high percentage of people here might aspire to) and less important if you're aiming for a lifestyle business (perhaps more typical).

[paulbaumgart]

Yeah, that seems to be the underlying mismatch in assumptions that started this debate in the first place. Glad we've figured that out :)