Not only has he found himself $1M, but he also comes from an environment where asking money from friends and family for your own interests is totally acceptable

Not only has he found himself $1M, but he also comes from an environment where asking money from friends and family for your own interests is totally acceptable. 2 generations ago, people in my family were farmers who had to count the potatoes for dinner. They worked hard to give their kids a better standard of life than they could have ever dreamt of (my grandmother started working when she was 13, and she and my grandfather did all they could to send my mom to college). There is no way I would be okay asking my parents for their hard earned money to fund a venture that could absolutely fail, let alone some silly "social network platform" startup. I wish I had a good way to end this comment (life is unfair? or maybe it's useless to be upset at this sort of thing, what matters is living a happy honest life?) but I don't.