Silicon Valley founders who grew up poor can’t shake “mindset inequality”

Re:Silicon Valley founders who grew up poor can’t shake “min... by chewz on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:02AM (#21591797)

> Self-sabotage [..] is likely the greatest source of failure

People who got rich quickly often feel (deep down) that they do not deserve it and go to great lengths to self-destruct. Also just my private observations.

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Re:Silicon Valley founders who grew up poor can’t shake “min... by naveensky on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:06AM (#21591820)

I feel that probably they feel that they can repeat their past performance because it came easy to them, lose discipline around their gains and later when they can't repeat it, just lose all of it.

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