227 - Italians vs Startups Here in Italy the startup fad has become popular only recently. I have seen many people quitting their job to chase their startup dream. Some of them did it, and someone didn't. The interesting thing isn't this obvious fact, but the change in their attitude. They all started full of energy and ideas. They wanted to change the world - and become millionaires in doing so - but all of them slowly changed. Those who failed, decided to go back to their old job - since failure is not tolerated by public opinion here in Italy -, while those who did it slowly lost the initial impulse. As soon as they started making money, they lost all their apparently pipe dreams and started behaving like their way of their old bosses. What I haven't understood yet is whether Italy isn't yet ready for the startup world or the latter is just a bubble. Who knows?