Having being on the other side of this, it is infuriating to see how people take luck for granted. Even against impossible odds.
I can list every luck/event in my career over the past 10 years but I would trade them all for the luck of receiving single seed round of funding to work on my own project. It's not for lack of trying.
> I can list every luck/event in my career over the past 10 years but I would trade them all for the luck of receiving single seed round of funding to work on my own project.
Luck plays an important part in making a successful business, but I wouldn't say it's all that important at the seed round.