| ▲ | rvz 4 hours ago |
| > ...but none of this would have been possible without his unfathomable wealth and access. ? What's that supposed to mean? Is that bad? You can do the same thing as he did, what's stopping you? |
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| ▲ | TobTobXX 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| wealth and access that is merely fathomable |
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| ▲ | rvz 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | You can literally apply to YC, just like Sid and now you are reading his story. He did not come from any of those backgrounds. |
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| ▲ | croes 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Wealth is mostly based on either luck and more often heritage. |
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| ▲ | rvz 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Not only Sid didn't come from any of those backgrounds, neither did the founder of Freshworks who literally started his company based on reading a hacker news comment. [0] So I only see more excuses here. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28336815 | | |
| ▲ | croes 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | So it was luck | | |
| ▲ | rvz 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Nope. He applied to YC and took that risk and already knew how to make money. You miss 100% of the shots if you do. not. try. | | |
| ▲ | croes 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | But you don’t hit 100% if you try.
That’s where the luck part comes into play. Right time, right place |
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