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Rest assured, Amazon has nothing to do with the AmazonBasics brand.

I'd love to hear any feedback from people who've attempted this.

how so? which assumptions?

I'll bite, I can say I disagree on all counts.

1. Most of the startups are way too simple. - https://www.leapmotion.com/, https://www.microryza.com/, http://www.farmigo.com/, http://www.doublerobotics.com/ and the list could keep going.. I wouldn't call what these guys are doing simple.

2. Startups are founded by non-enterpreneurs. - There's a difference between starting a company legally and actually starting a company. I think the author is getting the two confused. The latter requires real work.

3. VC's are not your freinds. - We know. They're not expected to be.

4. Incubators sucks. - I would need more context to argue this point since none of was provided. Incubators are more than "Shared office and shared secretary" and there are plenty of examples of companies that have benefited from being part of this program. As a startup founder, getting noticed means a lot http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/03/28/the-next-webs-top-t...

5. Incubator is not non-profit organization. - And..that's life?

6. All the good ideas are taken. - You should probably not start a company if you see nothing wrong with the world. "But do you know the complexity?" this directly contradicts author's point #1.

7. Incubators and startup accelerators must work with universities. - False.

Thank you, this was absolutely necessary. Can't wait for it to release.

I don't think it's reasonable for any of us to sit in front of our computers and say that his choices/decisions were reasonable or unreasonable. He was depressed and facing a 50 yr sentence and most of us don't know how that feels.

But I will say this - http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/15/aaron-swart...

He had options. He could have got a plea bargin and stayed in jail for 4 months and pleaded guilty. Of course, nobody knows how this would have turned out until the prosecution plays it out in court, it could have been drastically less or more since it was a crime without physically harmed victims akin to violent crimes. He had influence, he could have still fought the fight like he always did and used his story to make clear the inefficiency and injustice served to him by the system that convicted him. This would have boosted his credibility up much more than where he's at now because he went through jail for his cause.

My point is, there were many options, we don't consider all of them. He didn't need to become a martyr. As great as he appears to be dead, he would have been much greater alive.

http://www.care2.com/causes/aaron-swartz-faced-a-more-severe... Looking at a 50 yr prison sentence with depression, I'm not so sure anymore.