This question is just for fun:
Let's say you sold your startup yesterday for enough cash that you never have to work or worry about money again.
What would you do now?
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#2Write the world's most secure cryptographic library.
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#3Do it again.
Once is luck. Twice is skill.
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#4Do it again. Once is luck. Twice is skill.
brilliant. reminds me of the missive: if you are the type of person who would stop working once you obtained a fortune, then you are never going to get a fortune...
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#6Do it again. Once is luck. Twice is skill.
Knowing when to quit is also a skill. Especially applicable to professional sports.
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#7Maybe I'd found a zoo.
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#81. I'll spend time learning well. My current disjointed knowledge frustrates me. [math, physics and computer science]
2. I'll work on creating beautiful, useful, innovative products.
3. Backpacking, flying paper planes, watching cartoons, video games, reading fiction by the fireplace, writing, etc
4. I'll fund cool projects using the YC model.
[I do these things now on a smaller scale. If I'm rich, I'll be able to do much more of these, which would be awesome.]
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#9invest your money in social causes, if possible your time into it as well. OR spend more time on working what you did to be rich on the first place, so you can spend even more on social causes BUT do take out time to relax and enjoy with loved ones as well.
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#10Do it again. Once is luck. Twice is skill.
So what if it was luck? I'm not trying to prove anything. I just want a lot more money so I can do what I please with my time.
Sure, that'd probably mean spending most of my time doing another startup, but not to prove it wasn't luck the first time.