Bootstrapping a $30k profit/month company from our internship earnings (Part 2)
"[..] we were really feeling the pressure to start making money, particularly since all our friends had found jobs and were earning a good income. The social stigma surrounding being 'unemployed' really sucked [...]"<p>Their motivation to make money was social? Their friends had jobs so they felt inadequate?<p>I've never heard that one before.<p>I guess it's been a LONG time since I first forged out on my own, but every year I take on new risks and search for new opportunities, and never do I think, gosh, what will my friends think?<p>I'm not sure if this is somewhat off topic, or if I'm asking if this is a common way of thinking, but I'm a little shocked that one entrepreneur's drive to make money was only because their friends were earning good salaries.