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Zip2 -> PayPal -> SpaceX all in a row? C'mon; be serious.

Neither the sale of Zip2 nor the success of PayPal had anything to do with Musk. He was simply lucky to be in the Valley with a lot of his parent's money and connections at the right time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-FGwDDc-s8

The same could be said for many other people who had more connections and had more parental money, but they didn't end up where Musk is.

Yes, that’s generally how luck works.

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