In this episode of This Developer's Life Scott and Rob talk to 4 entrepreneurs about the risks they take, and what's happened as a result. Dave Neilsen, Tom Preston-Werner, and Nate and Niki Kohari.

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In this episode we talk to 4 entrepreneurs about the risks they've taken - and what's happened to them because of it:

• Dave Neilsen tells us about working only for himself and what sleeping on a couch in a basement storeroom feels like
• Tom Preston-Werner talks to us about founding Github and turning down $300,000 from Microsoft
• Nate and Niki Kohari talks to us about starting up, and then selling, a tech company while being married

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