Comments on: Ok, People. Place Your Bets http://startupcentral.in/2009/09/ok-people-place-your-bets/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:33:57 +0530 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: saurabh http://startupcentral.in/2009/09/ok-people-place-your-bets/#comment-7020 saurabh Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:15:04 +0000 http://startupcentral.in/?p=1680#comment-7020 "But in a start-up, perhaps they could have found another customer. They might have volunteered for extra work to speed up product development. Or negotiated a better deal with suppliers to save some money." REALLY!! I'd love to hear from business owners who're able to do any of the above as casually as the writer mentions it! “But in a start-up, perhaps they could have found another customer. They might have volunteered for extra work to speed up product development. Or negotiated a better deal with suppliers to save some money.”

REALLY!! I’d love to hear from business owners who’re able to do any of the above as casually as the writer mentions it!

]]> By: saurabh http://startupcentral.in/2009/09/ok-people-place-your-bets/#comment-7019 saurabh Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:13:29 +0000 http://startupcentral.in/?p=1680#comment-7019 Sure, applying for a job has risks now. so does crossing the road, changing the fuse, driving on indian roads..there's no comparison between a person who ventures out (ironically the name of Laura's blog) to 'create' a product that doent yet exist and someone who decides to bet on a proven 'name' !! Usually one apprectiates Laura's insightful blog posts (ref - electriciyt is the main problem ent faces in india) but this is a bit over extended! Sure, applying for a job has risks now. so does crossing the road, changing the fuse, driving on indian roads..there’s no comparison between a person who ventures out (ironically the name of Laura’s blog) to ‘create’ a product that doent yet exist and someone who decides to bet on a proven ‘name’ !!
Usually one apprectiates Laura’s insightful blog posts (ref – electriciyt is the main problem ent faces in india) but this is a bit over extended!

]]> By: Apothecurry http://startupcentral.in/2009/09/ok-people-place-your-bets/#comment-6988 Apothecurry Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:18:11 +0000 http://startupcentral.in/?p=1680#comment-6988 Pretty convincing. Just a couple of observations though. You view it through a slightly narrow prism -that of the recent past when the global economy melted and the corporate sector as a whole turned out a risky place to be in.. But stretch the period a bit to include the boom years and I think an entrepreneur who chucked a cushy job at the peak and set up his/her own shop only to realise that the market has tanked did take a relatively higher risk... However I do agree that a job with an estd company is no longer as risk-proof as it appears to be. Hence the perceived 'risk gap' so to speak between working as a salaried employee and striking out on one's own could well have reduced Pretty convincing. Just a couple of observations though. You view it through a slightly narrow prism -that of the recent past when the global economy melted and the corporate sector as a whole turned out a risky place to be in.. But stretch the period a bit to include the boom years and I think an entrepreneur who chucked a cushy job at the peak and set up his/her own shop only to realise that the market has tanked did take a relatively higher risk… However I do agree that a job with an estd company is no longer as risk-proof as it appears to be. Hence the perceived ‘risk gap’ so to speak between working as a salaried employee and striking out on one’s own could well have reduced

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