I'm not sure about growing up poor, but I'm pretty sure I've heard something about how a disproportional number of founders come from dysfunctional families. On

I'm not sure about growing up poor, but I'm pretty sure I've heard something about how a disproportional number of founders come from dysfunctional families. One even claimed that doing a startup felt natural to him, as the chaos of startup life was more similar to his upbringing. Apparently a regular job's stability made him uneasy.