The bigger message I got from Randy's book and also from a recent conversation I had with him was that a commitment not to ROI or even to specific solution, but to a particular impact on a particular group, where the connection to both the problem being solved and the group being served, is really powerful fuel to power through the hard times come, which we all know will come.
It's like how Steve Jobs wants to 'put a ding in the universe'.
For me it's beyond money or fame, it's about science and spirituality coming together to solve survival-related problems.
I'm two months shy of being 21. I have dropped out of college to follow my heart. I have spent this entire year studying cosmology, anthropology, industrial design, Eastern spirituality, and computer science while just having new life experiences. I am tying it all together into a startup that will change the world for the better.