> ...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?
> ...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?
wealth and access that is merely fathomable
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.
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
So it was luck
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.
But you don’t hit 100% if you try. That’s where the luck part comes into play.
Right time, right place