> immoral and I don’t want to ever participate in stock market
I feel that is a common opinion amongst people that haven't started a business. It is too easy to judge others.
If you are selling a product/service you can't avoid becoming part of the capitalist system and you are supporting "immoral" companies through your suppliers (e.g. paying Google for advertising, paying Amazon for fulfilment).
It is difficult to start a business and keep true to your ideals. And people that do walk the line between creating a business and keeping their morals is uncommon enough that they tend to be remembered for it e.g. Bob's Red Mill: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39366542
It is much easier to be tritely moralistic if you don't start a business. I often really admire people with idealistic values - and morality is critical in business. I don't admire people if they go to negative extremes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology)
Almost by definition starting a business means taking on risks. Mixing risks and money is "gambling" and it is an inherent property of businesses. Deciding what is good gambling and what is bad gambling is a very old problem. Buying insurance is reducing risk (less gambling) but insurance is gambling by definition. Unfortunately you have chosen the moralistic word "gambling" to talk about the normal issue of managing risk.
Perhaps you just don't like the rich? One can have shares and own a business without being/becoming rich - you don't need to directly involve wealthy people.
One can bootstrap a company without taking rich-peoples investments - see article. Unfortunately we get hoodwinked by the success stories from the VC investment sector. We hear less about the losers in the VC game or other ways to play the game of business.
Edit: a business is just a complicated machine. If you believe selling a product is moral, then you must believe that selling a business is also moral.
I feel that is a common opinion amongst people that haven't started a business. It is too easy to judge others.
If you are selling a product/service you can't avoid becoming part of the capitalist system and you are supporting "immoral" companies through your suppliers (e.g. paying Google for advertising, paying Amazon for fulfilment).
It is difficult to start a business and keep true to your ideals. And people that do walk the line between creating a business and keeping their morals is uncommon enough that they tend to be remembered for it e.g. Bob's Red Mill: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39366542
It is much easier to be tritely moralistic if you don't start a business. I often really admire people with idealistic values - and morality is critical in business. I don't admire people if they go to negative extremes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology)
Almost by definition starting a business means taking on risks. Mixing risks and money is "gambling" and it is an inherent property of businesses. Deciding what is good gambling and what is bad gambling is a very old problem. Buying insurance is reducing risk (less gambling) but insurance is gambling by definition. Unfortunately you have chosen the moralistic word "gambling" to talk about the normal issue of managing risk.
Perhaps you just don't like the rich? One can have shares and own a business without being/becoming rich - you don't need to directly involve wealthy people.
One can bootstrap a company without taking rich-peoples investments - see article. Unfortunately we get hoodwinked by the success stories from the VC investment sector. We hear less about the losers in the VC game or other ways to play the game of business.
Edit: a business is just a complicated machine. If you believe selling a product is moral, then you must believe that selling a business is also moral.