Dharmesh Shah argues most people overestimate the risks of starting a startup. Even if you fail, you can get a comparable job back within a few years. Today's internet access and marketable skills give you a safety net that didn't exist before.
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If you're thinking about doing a startup, you're likely kind of early in your career. If you are, you should take the leap. You should take the leap. Here's the biggest mistake most people make is they overestimate the risk of doing the entrepreneurial thing. And I've talked to hundreds, let's say, of entrepreneurs— successful, not so successful. Not a single one of them, not a single one, even the ones that failed, like, regretted having taken the leap. It's like, I shouldn't have done that. They may have approached it differently, but they don't regret having taken that shot. The reality is that, you know, if you're on this thing right now, you have access to the internet. You're literate. You, you know things. You have marketable skills. If the thing doesn't work out, so whatever job you have now, I'll bet you a dollar to a donut you will have some semblance of that job 2 years, 3 years, 4 years down the road if things don't work out. It may not be exactly the thing, and maybe you took a half step down the career ladder or whatever. In the grand scheme of things, that is not going to matter.