When I first became involved with the startup scene here in St. Louis, I heard one phrase get used a lot: St. Louis needed a big exit, preferably a billion-dollar exit, to validate its startup scene. A billion dollars would really put us on the map.
A billion dollars does sound pretty good.
If I personally had a billion dollars, I wouldn’t be freaking out over the payment on the base-model Toyota Tacoma I just bought. In fact, I wouldn’t have the base-model Tacoma. I would have bought the one at the front of the lot that had huge tires and a fold-out tent in the bed. And, just like the way Ice-Cube’s uncle paid for his new house in Next Friday, I would have paid cash money for that Toyota.
