1) Yes, but you can get the mentorship without the burden of the investment, which locks you into a specific idea and protects you from learning how to make money.
2) Absolutely correct. If you're just starting out, don't start one of those companies. These are great companies to start after you've built something profitable and learned the basics of running a successful business. Why not start a lottery ticket company (that's how I call them) first? Because they're harder and less likely to succeed. I'm a big fan of setting yourself up to succeed. :-)
1) What if your company is indeed growing but not scaling at the rate that it needs? An investment would boost that ability correct? An owner would be able to hire more employees, perhaps buy more necessary technology, etc.
2) I don't think that is good advice. Zuckerberg had built things previous to Facebook but never anything that made money. I am not as familiar with Twitter and Pinterest's founders but I don't believe they had money-making businesses before. If a service is good and attracts people, why not build it??
1) Then you're not in the "early founder who just jumped out of the corporate world" ship anymore. Congrats. You're now the owner of a successful business looking to scale.
2) That's a lottery ticket, not a plan. 99.9% of the facebook-alikes failed so miserably you didn't even hear about them. That's roundabout your chances if you go that way. I wouldn't quite my job for a 0.1% chance of making it.
1) Yes, but you can get the mentorship without the burden of the investment, which locks you into a specific idea and protects you from learning how to make money.
2) Absolutely correct. If you're just starting out, don't start one of those companies. These are great companies to start after you've built something profitable and learned the basics of running a successful business. Why not start a lottery ticket company (that's how I call them) first? Because they're harder and less likely to succeed. I'm a big fan of setting yourself up to succeed. :-)