For them, risk isn't as defined by losing tangibles (e.g., income, benefits, "stuff") as it is by losing intangibles: fulfilling a passion that won't let go, defining their own sense of purpose, sating their own curiosity, looking themselves in the mirror.
[The barbers] was flooded on 5th December and four days later I put the claim in for housing benefit and stuff like that.
After all, whatever its nutrient benefits, the stuff is colored and sweetened, and the package makes no jokes about the 125 calories per bottle.
"I want to know if they have ever owned a dog, why they can't own a dog full time, how renting a dog benefits them, stuff like that".
So, while some may bristle a little bit at becoming part of an exclusive entrepreneurial community, considering the benefits include stuff that's actually relevant to the startup lifestyle (at least for those who travel), it makes sense.
"We really realized this when we [were] trying to file for our life insurance policies and next of kin notifying each other and medical benefits and stuff like that, you know, in deployments especially," Pete said.
Then Wilstein and her husband, Joseph Urwitz, an employee benefits lawyer, stuffed a combined $21,000 into nondeductible individual retirement accounts--that's the maximum $5,000 contribution each was allowed for 2012, plus the maximum $5,500 for each in 2013.
Despite my personal aversion to drugs, I might benefit from this stuff.
"It's about recognising there is more benefit from doing stuff together than doing it apart".
"Sometime along the line they figured out that with the benefit packages and stuff it could be cheaper if they just did extra production with overtime," Jones said.
