This is the same as saying "Elon Musk is successful because he started with $100m". While that's true, it's at most a necessary condition, not close to a suffi

This is the same as saying "Elon Musk is successful because he started with $100m". While that's true, it's at most a necessary condition, not close to a sufficient one. In particular, there's at least another billionaire who's been funding his own rocket company (probably burning much more money than SpaceX) with no evidence of success. Same with YC vs other incubators & VCs. There's a lot of them with money. Few succeed.