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by DaniFong 4838 days ago
Anyone who holds up Nick D’Aloisio and Andrew Hsu as examples of people who are not the real deal is going to look very very silly in a few years.
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I think they will both probably be incredibly successful, the problem is they are poor role models for people hoping to make it on nothing but guts since their success came from money and connections rather than just hard work. Whether hard work was ALSO involved is another story, that is frankly irrelevant to the discussion.
Apps don't just assemble themselves out of family wealth. If they did, where are the apps from Qatar?