I think comparing his situation to lottery is reaching a lot; so no, I'll take a pass on interviewing those folks. What I would do is interview tech employees

I think comparing his situation to lottery is reaching a lot; so no, I'll take a pass on interviewing those folks. What I would do is interview tech employees who figured out how to take their ideas and build entire businesses out of them. Actually this is already provided somewhat in indiehackers.com. Unfortunately, it doesn't always provide useful guidance as much as highlight that right place/right time is still a big factor in success.