Reasons You Launched Your Startup

Nick Douglas in ValleyWag:

1. World of Warcraft account now expensable
2. College dropout programmer buddy needed a job
3. Bought a domain with lots of x’s in it
4. Wanted to get in Fast Company
5. Dad had nothing else to invest in
6. If all else fails, you get to keep the chairs
7. Developing a taste for beef ramen
8. Found hot venue for a launch party
9. While coding drunk, accidentally mashed up two apps
10. Addicted to drinking Bawls
11. “Oh yeah? Well I’ll start my own Google!”
12. Friend of Michael Arrington; TechCrunch running out of companies to cover
13. Got starry-eyed browsing LinkedIn
14. Wanted to live in the Y-Combinator apartments next to Justin.tv
15. Shares all vested and nowhere to go

Be sure to read the other 15 at ValleyWag.