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> He came from outside the valley who didn't? It's not Hollywood, there are no legacy cases
by seppin 9y ago
> He came from outside the valley
who didn't? It's not Hollywood, there are no legacy cases
- cocktailpeanuts 9y agoand your point is?
- foobiekr 9y agoyou'd be surprised how many legacy cases there are in the valley. the right internship, first job, quick promotion ....
- singersouler 9y agoNah it's not just pure coincidence that a 4/5 vcs and founders have similar economic backgrounds. Ev came from an unusually humble background for Silicon Valley. Steve Jobs was from Silicon Valley but grew up poor. Reid Hoffman's mom hooked him up with vc money and a network, cause she was a rich lawyer at a fancy firm iirc. Very few people that grew up poor are successful in Silicon Valley but they may be the most impactful as a population.
- free2rhyme214 9y agoEverything is timing.
- wiz21c 9y agonah, everything is parents
- free2rhyme214 9y agoDoes Airbnb and Instacart have a lot of patents? Or was it their timing?
- thaumasiotes 9y ago> Steve Jobs was from Silicon Valley but grew up poor. "Poor" may be stretching things a bit.
- huxley 9y agoCompared to most Silicon Valley founders he was, his adoptive parents were blue collar with no college education. His dad made most of his money as a repo man. Part of the agreement his biological mother made with the Jobs family to allow them to adopt was that Steve had to go to college.