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That's exactly the lottery. The fact that you can play multiple rounds of "golf" is the privilege that the OP is talking about. You are lucky enough to be able
by harshalizee 4y ago
That's exactly the lottery. The fact that you can play multiple rounds of "golf" is the privilege that the OP is talking about.
You are lucky enough to be able to afford buying multiple lottery tickets and some hit the jackpot.
Most people will never even have the opportunity to afford one lottery ticket.
- shon 4y agoThen life, not business is the lottery. The lottery idea works in the sense that I was born in the U.S. rather than a developing country AND my parents, who were far from rich or even stable at times still were able to afford a family computer (thank you Atari 520ST) which was very fortunate since my formal education ended the 3rd time I was expelled from high school. Yes, from the life perspective, as opposed to a worst-case (even in the U.S) I most certainly am privileged and lucky, and did certainly win a lottery of sorts. You’re absolutely correct. Having said that, most of us that work in tech have won that same or a similar lottery. Life, location, family, stability, yes those things are a bit of a lottery. But not so for startups. Your odds of winning the lottery never increase. Your odds of winning in business do, as long as you learn from your failures.