> without fear true motivation and commitment are far from commonplace.

This is an alien mindset to me. Fear has never motivated any of my longer term planning or actions. Maybe if I had a family whose life and welfare depended utterly on my success in a risky endeavor, it would be different. But people in that position rarely found startups. Lost opportunities is the larger if more abstract issue for younger would-be founders, who often enjoy a surplus of appealing options.