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This is just more of the pervasive attitude of grievance and blame gaming we have these days. Yes, some entrepreneurs come from rich families. But many more are

This is just more of the pervasive attitude of grievance and blame gaming we have these days. Yes, some entrepreneurs come from rich families. But many more are for example, the immigrants that come here and have no choice but to become an entrepreneur to support their families. Entrepreneurs are everywhere. They are running pop ups at the flea market. They cook your food in the restaurants. There's a +billion entrepreneurial hustlers in the world doing whatever it takes to feed their families, without bitching about their situation. Stop letting idiots build imaginary barriers to your life outcome. Just go find a way and do it.

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MaxHoppersGhost 5y ago
I agree that many businesses are started by immigrants and lower income. I think the title of the article is sloppily worded but I believe it’s more so referring to tech startups. Unicorn founders are overwhelmingly from wealthy families.
- TiberiusC 5y ago
  This is likely the most accurate take. Psychologically humans tend to categorize the median with the extreme outliers. That’s why we eat these kind of articles up, when instead we should be talking about how to start a successful business without coming from a rich family.
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eplanit 5y ago
Yes. TFA is racist, anti-capitalist nonsense. I'd rather celebrate stories like the one featured on HN just the other day[1], about the Vietnamese immigrant who started Huy Fong Foods and _very successfuly_ popularized sriracha sauce. [1] https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1409185044501987340 https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1409185044501987340
m4eta 5y ago
Strawman argument.
carbonguy 5y ago
> There's a +billion entrepreneurial hustlers in the world doing whatever it takes to feed their families If your definition of "entrepreneur" is "people doing what it takes to stay alive" then literally everyone is an entrepreneur and the term has lost any particular meaning. I would take entrepreneur to mean "an individual who undertakes an unusually risky venture in order to have access to exceptional personal gains" and from that perspective it seems almost axiomatic that people who start with more capital have less downside risk, which in turn makes it easier to be an entrepreneur, so more of them will do it and with more success than the relatively less-resourced. What part of that do you disagree with, if any? > Stop letting idiots build imaginary barriers to your life outcome. Just go find a way and do it. Just buy enough tickets and you're guaranteed to win the lottery! How hard could it be?
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MaxHoppersGhost 5y ago

I agree that many businesses are started by immigrants and lower income. I think the title of the article is sloppily worded but I believe it’s more so referring to tech startups. Unicorn founders are overwhelmingly from wealthy families.

TiberiusC 5y ago
This is likely the most accurate take. Psychologically humans tend to categorize the median with the extreme outliers. That’s why we eat these kind of articles up, when instead we should be talking about how to start a successful business without coming from a rich family.

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eplanit 5y ago

Yes. TFA is racist, anti-capitalist nonsense. I'd rather celebrate stories like the one featured on HN just the other day[1], about the Vietnamese immigrant who started Huy Fong Foods and _very successfuly_ popularized sriracha sauce. [1] https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1409185044501987340 https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1409185044501987340

m4eta 5y ago

Strawman argument.

carbonguy 5y ago

> There's a +billion entrepreneurial hustlers in the world doing whatever it takes to feed their families If your definition of "entrepreneur" is "people doing what it takes to stay alive" then literally everyone is an entrepreneur and the term has lost any particular meaning. I would take entrepreneur to mean "an individual who undertakes an unusually risky venture in order to have access to exceptional personal gains" and from that perspective it seems almost axiomatic that people who start with more capital have less downside risk, which in turn makes it easier to be an entrepreneur, so more of them will do it and with more success than the relatively less-resourced. What part of that do you disagree with, if any? > Stop letting idiots build imaginary barriers to your life outcome. Just go find a way and do it. Just buy enough tickets and you're guaranteed to win the lottery! How hard could it be?

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