Navigator of Ignorance

Jetzt ist mir klar warum Amerikaner (angeblich) unternehmerische Stehauf Männchen sind und ein Start-up nach dem anderen beginnen:
br /emA VentureOne study released today found that CEOs and founders of venture-backed companies make $200,000 a year on average. Not exactly the entrepreneur of old who had to take out a second mortgage to meet payroll, is it?/em
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br /Aber dass ist natürlich nur eine Seite der Medaille:
br /emRob Shostak, a long-time entrepreneur and founder of five-year-old startup Vocera, told a story about meeting one of the founders of software maker Lotus Development Corp. shortly after it had gone public. The guy had just cashed out $18 million of stock and invited Shostak back to his apartment to see a present he had bought himself. It turned out to be a modest Jeep Cherokee. Shostak followed the founder up to his apartment, expecting to find a palatial penthouse. But it was an average place furnished with only a mattress on the floor. “I was kind of dumbfounded when he volunteered, ‘Actually, they just took all the furniture out to go to my ex-wife’s place,’” Shostak said. “It was a striking and poignant moment for me to realize the cost of his commitment to the company.”/em
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br /Nun ja. Wie oft wurdest du verlassen weil du einfach andere Urlaubspläne hattest? Und wie oft weil du gerade dabei warst 18 Mio ab zu cashen???
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br /a href=”http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/00000081.htm”Deal Flow: Venture Capital Blog at BusinessWeek Online/a
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br /a href=”http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/00000073.htm” Taking One Too Many for the Team/a