An insightful comment. It implies that most people here have decided that their dream involves starting a company (or two) and working with the smartest people, and that the subject is closed.

I have my doubts as to whether or not this actually qualifies as a fulfillable desire. This desire is large and abstract, and impossible to feel directly. What we have to work with, in the moment, are smaller urges to do this or that.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was a champion body builder, but what he loved was the workouts. In "Pumping Iron" he famously claimed that lifting weights felt "like an orgasm". Someone like that is bound to be successful as a weight lifter.

What is the equivalent to lifting weights in business? I would guess that it is the feeling of winning - of having made a good deal, and of effortlessly executing whatever obligations come your way. Time and money from these successes can be used to invest in making even more good deals, and making execution even more effortless - and you have yourself a business.

So, basically if "making good deals" and "effortless execution" feels like orgasm to you, then you'll get your 8 businesses.