[wg0]

Does that work always without fail with anyone anywhere anytime?

[pcrh]

For those that pg has sponsored it has happened a few times out of ~5,000. Better odds than the lottery, for sure.

[NoOn3]

Because he sponsored those who already have something really valuable, and not just anyone.

[wg0]

I would not compare to lottery because a lottery ticket is bought at pure chance whereas these startup are taken onboard after very thorough audit.

[tim333]

He says ~30 out of 6500 companies which if you estimate two founder per company comes out at 1/433.

[NoOn3]

Most likely that this works in a small number of all cases.