As already said, this doesn't apply to startups so much as a certain type of lifestyle business, that almost certainly can't be started on a 4-hour work week. For Ferris's sort of thing, partners become an undesirable hassle, and the work involved doesn't require the level of detail-oriented talent that tech startup work does.
It would be interesting to know if his advice is practical. We tend to be the type who prefer to attack hard and risky problems, but if there's a lot of low-hanging fruit out there that we fail to see, it'd be nice to know where it is and how to find it.
It would be interesting to know if his advice is practical. We tend to be the type who prefer to attack hard and risky problems, but if there's a lot of low-hanging fruit out there that we fail to see, it'd be nice to know where it is and how to find it.