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    Comment #3263245

    Agreed...I do believe that working hard is great, but generally only if it is doing something you actually want to be doing.

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    Where can I meet smart people if I've graduated from college?

    Where do I go to find other people who are smart?

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    Comment #3242009

    I think that doing well in Math and Physics is quite different.

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    Comment #3241944

    Doesn't it cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $100K to $200K for a non-US resident to move to the US to start a company?

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    Comment #3241901

    Has Warren Buffett made any mistakes in his big investmests thus far?

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    Comment #3235993

    I think a lot of entrepreneurs would consider it a failure to have to work for facebook or google for a living. It has very little to do with money.

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    Comment #3235959

    Well that sounds really harsh. Can't you just try to do most of it yourself instead of paying someone $500/hr? I mean you are innocent until proven guilty.

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    Comment #3235294

    Why does it cost you that much money for a judge to see your argument?!

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    Comment #3232387

    Most people in this world are not hackers. Apple is not going to make a product just to cater to a tiny % of the people. Also there are Apps. No one is forcing anyone to buy any ph…

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    Comment #3232370

    Did you like working for him?

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    Comment #3232137

    I believe there is a reason something succeeds and there is a reason something fails.

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    Comment #3222744

    Actually, Apple was a start up. Start ups don't all have to share the same strategy.

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    Comment #3214011

    I don't think that being free as the opposite of hard work.

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    Why do some people seem to like working in companies?

    I've always wanted to be free...to work as an entrepreneur...yet I always seem to meet people who want to work as employees for corporations. I would say the majority of people in …

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    Comment #3209402

    No one really "creates" anything if one isn't allowed to build off of what already exists. We would literally be re-inventing the wheel right now if we weren't allowed to look at p…

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    Comment #3189492

    Well viaweb would be one example of pandering that you seem to have just admitted.

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    Comment #3179071

    The quote is taken from the biography. In that paragraph Jobs is not talking about whether or not he thinks people are shirking by selling. He is saying that real entrepreneurs mak…

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    Comment #3178427

    Well you obviously weren't doing what you love with viaweb if your entire goal was to sell it to turn a profit so that you'd never have to deal with it again. And Steve's assertion…

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    Comment #3161081

    Isn't the plunge in stocks due to the fact that the Kindle Fire has a very low profit margin? I don't think this article is correct with what the cause-and-effect is.

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    Comment #3146731

    Was there really a time when people only lived to 18 years of age on average?

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    Comment #3116525

    The main reason to learn new things is that it offers growth opportunities to having a fulfilled life. Sure, I can spend all my time specialized on one thing, but it wouldn't be as…

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    Comment #3110053

    What are you planning on doing if you start a new venture?