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Re:Don’t Build a Billion-Dollar Business by jm3 on Friday September 04, 2015 @01:07PM (#10171656)
1. Being male

2. Being white

3. Being cis

4. Being straight

5. Being born in the US

Re:Don’t Build a Billion-Dollar Business by onewaystreet on Friday September 04, 2015 @04:01PM (#10172590)
You are not wrong, but Zuckerberg was competing against thousands of people with just as much privilege as himself (and some with a lot more). All of that same privilege didn't guarantee the Winklevoss twins success.
Re:Don’t Build a Billion-Dollar Business by g10034039 on Saturday September 05, 2015 @01:10PM (#10175370)
Obviously you can't have a billion dollar company if the country you live in uses a different currency.
Re:Don’t Build a Billion-Dollar Business by s73v3r on Friday September 04, 2015 @01:42PM (#10171847)
The only one of those that has anything remotely approaching reality is being born in the US, or another first world country. Had he been born somewhere in undeveloped 3rd world, or somewhere torn apart by war, we likely would not be talking about him.