> he is able to afford to spend time doing stuff nobody can, then it's kinda of easy to be successful at whatever he does I don't think that's fair to say (and

> he is able to afford to spend time doing stuff nobody can, then it's kinda of easy to be successful at whatever he does I don't think that's fair to say (and I know I'm "arguing on the Internet" here... bad!). After cashing out for FU money, it's much harder than before to put in 100 hours/week and "invest" your own health in order to succeed at something against the odds. Money can't replace everything, especially not dedicated founder time. It's also much harder to see a point in proving yourself again. I know it's an unpopular opinion with many people, but it's been like that for me and other successful founders I've talked to. What's easy is to make more money from money using proven methods (strictly not "whatever he does"). VC is not rocket science and pg is simply smarter than many others in the field, so he is fairly successful at it.