3 Phases of an ambitious new undertaking: 1. It doesn't work yet. 2. It starts to work, but no one else realizes yet. 3. Everyone knows it works. The second phase is when you're the happiest, but you don't realize that till a few years into the third.
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4. Everyone always knew it would *always* work–in fact it's barely an original idea at all– I don't know why they get any credit for it, they invented something that already existed, what is wrong with Silicon Valley, etc.
In fact, the only reason these founders succeeded at all was because they benefitted from an entrenched structure of privilege...
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While this is actually true, most haters do not realize that the founders created their privileges, and created their luck by doing the right things. They were not born with it.
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1/ Privilege does provide an advantage in STARTING or TRYING entrepreneurship. However, it has little bearing on ultimate success as a founder.
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