You're overestimating the importance of talent and underestimating the importance of luck.

Not saying Larry Page and Sergey page aren't talented - clearly they were/are very talented people. But they were also extraordinarily lucky. To take another example, if Gary Kildall had been a slightly more ruthless businessman and IBM had had a little more foresight, Bill Gates would not be a billionaire.

This essay is for kids. Many successful founders have likely listened to inspiring talks like this when they were kids. In places like Stanford or the prestigious high schools they come from.

The people who read here can read it for clarity and the chance that they can show this article to a smart nephew to inspire them. Like I just did.