Comments on: Index Card Startup Humor http://punctuative.com/2008/01/06/index-card-startup-humor-4/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:20:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nick Thacker http://punctuative.com/2008/01/06/index-card-startup-humor-4/#comment-56179 Nick Thacker Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:00:22 +0000 http://punctuative.com/2008/01/06/index-card-startup-humor-4/#comment-56179 Whatever happened to planning and luck? I don't have kids, and I don't have money, but I like to think I've planned well and have some luck (good and bad)... I think my axis could be made on those two points alone, and still mirror yours closely. Obviously if you plan too much you can be seen as a bore, so: The question is: would a child be the outcome of good luck or bad luck? Whatever happened to planning and luck? I don’t have kids, and I don’t have money, but I like to think I’ve planned well and have some luck (good and bad)… I think my axis could be made on those two points alone, and still mirror yours closely.

Obviously if you plan too much you can be seen as a bore, so:

The question is: would a child be the outcome of good luck or bad luck?

]]> By: Edward Vielmetti http://punctuative.com/2008/01/06/index-card-startup-humor-4/#comment-46587 Edward Vielmetti Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:54:40 +0000 http://punctuative.com/2008/01/06/index-card-startup-humor-4/#comment-46587 your axis doesn't have room for "terror and night sweats" "incredible stress" "wrenching stomach pains" all of which can be the side effect of having kids (or startups or both). A reasonable question to ask is, can people with kids be great parents and also work at startups? If some VC is taking a big risk, and asking their portfolio to take big risks, clearly the value of hitting it big in the 3-5 year time horizon is going to outweigh the value to them of being a good parent in that 3-5 year time horizon. Lots of imagination and no money can make for a great startup - expenses are low, creativity is high, the cost of failure is low and the imperative to go to market can lead you in wonderful places. your axis doesn’t have room for

“terror and night sweats”
“incredible stress”
“wrenching stomach pains”

all of which can be the side effect of having kids (or startups or both).

A reasonable question to ask is, can people with kids be great parents and also work at startups? If some VC is taking a big risk, and asking their portfolio to take big risks, clearly the value of hitting it big in the 3-5 year time horizon is going to outweigh the value to them of being a good parent in that 3-5 year time horizon.

Lots of imagination and no money can make for a great startup - expenses are low, creativity is high, the cost of failure is low and the imperative to go to market can lead you in wonderful places.

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