A startup isn't a business

At a startup you are not really "In Business", you are trying to build a business.

When you work at a startup, all you see is the vision. The customers, the business model, the cash-o-la, your expanding team of minions. WE CANNOT FAIL. When you look at your competition, you see their current business - and it looks like crap.

Trust me, their vision is just as grand as yours.

And your reality is just as crappy as theirs.

Have a vision, but don't lose site of the current state.