[toasterlovin]

> There's a pretty high correlation between parental wealth and success as a startup founder. I assume it's because of the safety net.

Could also be genetic. You'd have to design an experiment (or, more likely, find a natural experiment) that controls for genetics to know.

[ForHackernews]

Are children adopted into wealthy families disproportionately start-up founders? I'd probably guess so, relative to the overall population.