[mskvsk]

Yes, privileged background is an amplifier and higher starting point. But you don't need any money to make a startup today. Generally, you need a computer with internet access. Although, even a computer is optional as I know some founders who started with just a smartphone (they were building Instagram accounts).

Having said that, there are some people on this planet who are truly underprivileged and can't afford not even a device with internet connection but the very idea that startups could be built by individuals. That's scary.

[goto11]

I don't think the cost of a computer is a big deal these days. The question is the cost of the time investment to bring a startup off the ground. If you live paycheck to paycheck and have to pay rent etc. this can be difficult.

[zimpenfish]

> But you don't need any money to make a startup today. Generally, you need a computer with internet access.

And free time.

[mskvsk]

Among many other mandatory things, yes. But money is not one of them.

[goto11]

Everybody need to eat and pay rent, so yes, you do need money.

[mskvsk]

Let me rephrase it, you don't need capital.

Otherwise, yes, money is crucial to building a startup. As well as the oxygen you will be breathing while building it.