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It goes both ways. If you win the lottery starting a company at the right time, are you really the best mind of the generation or just lucky?
by onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
It goes both ways.
If you win the lottery starting a company at the right time, are you really the best mind of the generation or just lucky?
- WalterBright 4y agoSomebody in a garage today is working on a business that will be worth billions within 5 years, and we'll all kick ourselves with "why didn't we think of that!"
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoRight, but for everyone of those people, there are 1,000 other people just as smart also working on good ideas that are going nowhere fast. I'm not sure if you're agreeing or disagreeing or neither. But I think the "why didn't I think of that guy" is mostly luck. Lots of people are smart and work hard and don't really get anywhere.
- skeeter2020 4y agoSmart and Work Hard are only two of the 5+ components needed for success, of which Luck, Opportunity and Timing also belong. I'm sure there's more.
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoWhat is timing beside luck?
- jimbokun 4y agoThe founders had a good bit of luck, but then hired a lot of super smart people fresh out of college.