Startup prestige rests on independence, risk-taking, and fuck-you money

Evidence

But entrepreneurship represents the lauded qualities of independence and risk-taking, not to mention the possibility of creating what some refer to as “fuck you money”—the type of money where, if you have it, you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to, ever again. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 182

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘fuck you money’ as a key motivator in the tech founder ethos.
• XREF: connects to: Founder status within a decade displaced stable employment as the cool option — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 182; The ideal neoliberal subject is a self-sufficient entrepreneurial risk-taker — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 36

Broader Connections

• The ideal neoliberal subject is a self-sufficient entrepreneurial risk-taker #corroborates (0.78) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 36