[paul7986]

- Be raised rich and or be surrounded by the rich/powerful(Elizabeth Holmes, Evan Speigel, etc...)

- Have rich & powerful friends directly or indirectly

- Impress & become friendly with the rich & powerful either through clear data that shows your worth an investment(your startup data shows traction) or lie your butt off; aka fake it before you make it. I always strive(d) for the former as darn my parents and the morality they instilled.

[sidlls]

The tone of your comment is off, but the underlying point has at least some merit.

[paul7986]

Pardon if it comes off jaded, but what I note is very true. I’m in no way trying to impress Sam Altman like i gather some others may be.

No idea his background... yet did he not go to an Ivy League school?

[ameister14]

No, he didn't go to an Ivy League school.

[dpeterson]

From wikipedia: "studied computer science at Stanford University". Stanford isn't Ivy league? Or is wikipedia wrong?

[ameister14]

Stanford is not Ivy League.

[paul7986]

Umm in 2015/2016 Stanford's tuition was $46k while Harvard was $45k.

If it's not Ivy League why am I paying more to go there then the hallmark ivy league school?

[dpeterson]

Semantics aside, I think it serves nearly the same purpose to immediately exclude 99.999999% of the population.