Entrepreneurship 101 – Cash vs. karma: why would you start up a company?

Entrepreneurship 101

Last night we had the founder who started, the first VC who funded, and the professional CEO who joined Interface Biologics. Each one had their own reasons for participating in the venture.

Question of the week
Having heard different reasons, why would you start (or get involved with) a high tech company – is it for the $, for the glory of seeing your ideas put into practice, for the betterment of humankind – or for some other reason?

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