> I think you are too negative but there is definitely something true about a lot of founders coming from well off families. Its not negativity; its anger. We

> I think you are too negative but there is definitely something true about a lot of founders coming from well off families. Its not negativity; its anger. We have this idea.. That you can only with $5k make your own multi-million dollar empire. But you're just too lazy to do it. And that's far from the truth. Obviously, rich family kid who dropped out of $elite_school isn't going to be homeless. So, they get an "angel investor" (read: family). And those other services you need, like legal, sales, and dozens of other things are smoothed over by quiet words said at social functions, 'My son needs some internet business help to present to VCs'... And they have the connections to get it done. Summing it up, it is access to money, a strong social net to fall back on, time, access to resources, and access to connections. The VCs and rest can pretend that anybody can, but I know nobody who could do this for a year, possibly fail, and recover. We all would be sunk and feeling these ramifications for years.