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