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The first 3 steps seem to be optional. Larry and Sergey didn't have rich ancestors or get their ideas by buying them, and it doesn't seem to have harmed them.
by pg 18y ago
The first 3 steps seem to be optional. Larry and Sergey didn't have rich ancestors or get their ideas by buying them, and it doesn't seem to have harmed them.
- bonsaitree 18y agoTrue, but Google wouldn't have even been launchable without his family's connections to Sun Microsystems founder Andy Bechtolsheim and his $100k angel investment. Mark Zuckerberg is a more apt comparison. With all of the money and privilege he had growing up, he'd better be changing the world.
- pg 18y agoNeither had family connections to Bechtolsheim that I know of. Where did you hear that?
- galactus 18y agoWhat is interesting is how "optional" it actually is. Being very tall is also "optional" if you want to become an NBA player (Nate Robinson is 5'9"), having working legs is "optional" if you want to climb the everest, etc.