> We think this is the reason why poor founders tend not to be successful. The essay by PG actually meant that there are no poor founders at all. It would be i

> We think this is the reason why poor founders tend not to be successful. The essay by PG actually meant that there are no poor founders at all. It would be interesting to have statistics on whether poor founders fail more, or don't even get a chance to try at all. I have reasons to believe that the rare poor person is more motivated and determined than the average groomed-to-be middle class entrepreneur, and there are plenty of cases of dirt-poor persons becoming millionaires.