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bt4u2 | 8 years ago

No good leader is taking unnecessary risks. In fact, if you study history, taking unnecessary risks has been the downfall of many otherwise great leaders

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sokoloff|8 years ago

IMO, everyone who has left a steady job to found a company has taken an unnecessary risk.

bt4u2|8 years ago

That's a very subjective definition of unnecessary risk. Clearly there are potential rewards (ev+ if you're into poker or ai) in starting your own company.

Helping a stranger get promoted? At the risk of ending your career (a massive loss for most people)? With the only reward being feeling good for Doing The Right Thing (tm)? Not so much