Very true. I believe that the true essence of human spirit and vigor exist only where there is struggle, like the saying "Diamonds are found in the rough"

I think the start-up accelerators won't find ignoring the 2/3 of the population that exist in India-China region, very helpful. Long gone are the days that the best of talent goes abroad, a lot of them are being retained in their home country due to parental pressure, and other nationalistic elements. Indeed, it would be tougher to pick out of such a large population, but its quite true from that perspective as well that a larger pool means a larger probability of diamonds.