Wealth is mostly based on either luck and more often heritage.

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

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croes 4 hours ago | parent [-]

So it was luck

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rvz 4 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 4 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