Nope. He applied to YC and took that risk and already knew how to make money.

You miss 100% of the shots if you do. not. try.

But you don’t hit 100% if you try. That’s where the luck part comes into play.

Right time, right place

> But you don’t hit 100% if you try. That’s where the luck part comes into play.

Nope. Sid just knows how to make money and that's him being more than 'lucky' with his experience and marketing GitLab right here which you could have done that as well.

> Right time, right place

Just use Sid's story as motivation for yourself.