Succinct but definitely not universal. Like seemingly everyone else here, I'm a startup founder, and I did it because I thought what I created needed to exist.
A "liquidity event" (god I hate that term) might be possible but it's not the driving force. If someone offered me a huge sum of money, I might be tempted, but I'd just take that money and work on the next thing I considered needs to exist!
I don't think people obsessed with the goal of money beyond anything else create startups, although they might find great riches as a result of their efforts. If money was the only thing in my life I'd probably have tried to found an investment fund or a real estate company or something.
Sorry to talk about myself here but in such things one can only really refer to one's own experience.
If you'd take the money (and if you have clients it's really hard to take the money because they hired you) and you'd start the next thing, you're the perfect startup founder.
A "liquidity event" (god I hate that term) might be possible but it's not the driving force. If someone offered me a huge sum of money, I might be tempted, but I'd just take that money and work on the next thing I considered needs to exist!
I don't think people obsessed with the goal of money beyond anything else create startups, although they might find great riches as a result of their efforts. If money was the only thing in my life I'd probably have tried to found an investment fund or a real estate company or something.
Sorry to talk about myself here but in such things one can only really refer to one's own experience.