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Pretty much all of the three digit billions crowd are in tech of some description. There’s definitely an element of being in the right place at the right time, but there’s also a lot of business skills as well.

A lot of their success seems to be recognising an opportunity before anyone else, whether that’s luck or skill is difficult to know.

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skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

A lot of their success seems to be recognising an opportunity before anyone else

Pretty much everyone in the world has at some point in their lives had some idea or spotted some gap in the market that could be a successful product, but 99% of us don’t get to act on that because the rent is due and will be due again next month.

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- GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I largely agree with what you’re saying, but he’s been in the right place at the right time 3 times, and made good on the potential. Maybe he was just really lucky, maybe he had dozens of things going and those 3 are the ones that panned out, maybe he was a genius that destroyed his talents with hubris and drugs. Certainly, having the financial security to take those chances was a big factor in his success, as much as apparently believing that success was all due to his inborn talent was a big factor on his continuing fall from grace.
  
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  - skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You’re familiar with survivor bias, yeah?
    
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knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Most of their success comes from knowing when to fuck over other people

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angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
They hire people to do that for them, don’t they?

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- Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  How do they know who’s full of shit and who knows what they’re talking about though?
  
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  - angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Recomendations from others?
    
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    Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    How do you know they know what they’re doing?
    
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