Interesting article. I think the moral of his story is that there is no such thing as luck: the more you try, the luckier you get.

Also, I don't think he blew his chances of ever being friends (or doing business) with Mark Zuckerberg. He said himself that Zuck probably deleted his 2008 message and then forgot about it. Perhaps not following his own advice here by not trying to msg Zuck again?

Sounds like Donald Trump's route up the mountain.