Single greatest article in the history of the modern internet: "Are You a Pirate?" 
Michael Arrington deserves a Pulitzer prize for this article. I don’t think I have ever read anything this good and inspirational yet so true.
Risk is what stops us from achieving great things and incubating ideas. This is why people with nothing to lose or no fear are often so successful. The right entrepreneurial mindset should be all about being fearless and risk management on the no-VC-will-ever-fund-my-idea-because-I-am-not-afraid-of-anything scale. Just stop for a second and think about Jason Fried, Tony Hsieh, Kevin Rose, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and especially Elon Musk. Read about what they did and how they started their businesses. There is a common ground between these people, the “I have nothing to lose” mindset.
As Josh Kopelman states - “Risk Tolerance is a Competitive Weapon”.
