I had same conversation with one of my friend last night. I was persuing him to start some business. As we are students so I was saying him this is the time we can try out new things because we are in study stage. Also we had a talk about business vs job. He seemed to be more baised towards job because of almost similar thought of people you have described here. He was saying other businessmen doesn't let their opponent grow so there is no point in starting a business.
Also I just loved the quote you mentioned in the last about giving power to a person only for one day.
Posted using Partiko Android