> Most people have zero shots, or at best one, This reflects my experience. Co-founded a company, and we did OK for a while. At some point, we made a mistake

> Most people have zero shots, or at best one, This reflects my experience. Co-founded a company, and we did OK for a while. At some point, we made a mistake that killed us. I think I learned from that mistake, but have not had the opportunity to try again - the first lesson cost my savings to that point. > The majority of people don't really care if the Harvard or Stanford kid had to put in 80+ hour weeks They don't care about people busting ass for no reward and mostly downside, why should they care about someone doing it for much better odds?