lots of homeless people break free all the time and many of them are way happier than those receiving big exits for startups. That is not hyperbole.
Do you personally know some? Tell us about them. They must be remarkable people.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but your claim sure sounds like hyperbole. I know a few startup-exit-receivers who seem pretty happy. Of course it's hard to tell these things (http://robinson.bokardo.com/poem/richardcory and all that).
The only modern case that comes to my mind is the homeless guy who recently left $4 million to NPR. I seem to recall hearing information about him that made me think he might have been happy.
Well, let me take a harsher stance than you and call BS on his 'that is not hyperbole'. Most homeless people are rather miserable, if not about their immediate situation or their worries about the near future, then about the psychiatric diseases at least half of them are suffering from. Being homeless is hard and anyone that has taken any trouble to know something about homeless people knows that these romantic notions are utter BS. Being homeless is easy as long as you have the ability to fall back on a home, a fund, family, etc. Most homeless people do not have that option.
Do you personally know some? Tell us about them. They must be remarkable people.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but your claim sure sounds like hyperbole. I know a few startup-exit-receivers who seem pretty happy. Of course it's hard to tell these things (http://robinson.bokardo.com/poem/richardcory and all that).
The only modern case that comes to my mind is the homeless guy who recently left $4 million to NPR. I seem to recall hearing information about him that made me think he might have been happy.