Risk vs reward. When you are young, it makes a lot of sense to take risky ventures with potentially huge payoffs, as you tend to have less responsibilities. As you get older, you tend to become naturally more risk averse, and look for more reliable income streams to keep your responsibilities filled.
Make sure that risk, is balanced with a potential reward though. To many young people think just because a startup sells, your going to end with some of that cash.
Most likely your not going to end up with any of that cash, unless you get into the right position first.
