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Startups grab attention for their potential to disrupt, but skilled freelancers quietly excel in their expertise without the same spotlight.

Start up is like a shop and a freelancer is like a vendor Start up can sell some of their assets to recover the money but freelancers don't build such assets

Startup is same like cricket where million boy have dreams to be a cricketer but only 11 get chance to make money or fame and show their skills there are many great cricketers who are sitting in his house couch

Survivorship bias

Indian startups are just businesses. just a hype.

Yes that's also true that down the line, a skilled freelancer either will join a startup/company, be a content creator, or venture into additional fields or start his own team, which eventually become a form of startup.

While I agree most of you and say yes startups may grow huge and also gives lot of learning when failed, why are we not respecting the fact that Independent Professional is also a thing and many people like Hitesh Chaudhary, many others globally. It's not always being famous or being in news, just being happy, earning and growing is also good enough ! It's like Engineering is famous in Education, but it's not the only thing to opt for !

What would you choose? Being a slave for 10 grand a year or being master for lot less? Some like to be masters.

"Most startups fail or struggle, while highly skilled freelancers and independent professionals, who also contribute significantly to the tech industry, are not as celebrated." Only count the startups that have succeeded, measure their value, it'll give u the answer most probably. Returns are significantly high, secondly, have you ever heard or saw a freelancer on a news? Unfortunately, not often, or at all. But take startups..even the ones failing get more attention than the most successful freelancer on earth.

Risk to impact ratio is high in startups. Individuals won't create such impact, startups do.

The hype around startups is due to their innovative use of technology, such as AI, to solve problems and disrupt industries. Pretty simple. Most wanna prove/justify their existence. Make a name for themselves. So their kids don't ask them what more they could've done differently.

No, because startups have the potential to change the world. Stop focusing on the failed ones, just see what the successful ones end up doing.