Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from families with money
From the article:<p><i>&gt; When you know you have a safety net, you are more willing to take risks.</i><p>Maybe to a certain degree, but not really.<p>Not having a safety net is what makes you more likely to succeed because there&#x27;s no &quot;well, if this doesn&#x27;t work out at least I live in a mansion and my family has enough millions of dollars to live however I want to a realistic degree for the rest of my life&quot;.<p>When you have no access to money, you have a special kind of drive. It&#x27;s the drive that says &quot;look, working a regular job for the next 40+ years is going to drain your soul -- either bust your ass and figure out how to do what you want, or suffer for the rest of your life&quot;. The alternative is so awful that you&#x27;ll do anything to avoid it (assuming you want to be someone who starts their own business).<p>This is coming from the POV of knowing with 100% certainty I was not made out to work a regular job since I was 11 years old and my family has no money.