CHAPTER 1Setting GoalsWhat Makes You Hungry?
START-UPS ARE BORN HUNGRY—their demand for money exceeds their supply. So start-ups need a different currency—a powerful emotional magnet that draws in talent.
Why would anyone go to work for a start-up? The hours are sure to be longer than they would be at a more established company, and the pay is likely to be lower as cash will be in short supply.
The simple answer is that some talented people are able to defer short-term economic gain in exchange for meaningful work with the possibility of a longer-term payoff.
Of course, this puts entrepreneurs in the difficult position of persuading talented people that they should stop whatever they are doing and work for them instead. And as we’ll see in
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