I agree, unicorn founders are not a bazillion times smarter than the rest of us, maybe 1.05X smarter and 10,000X luckier.
But what is the formula for luck? Do we have some minor control over that? I think I read somewhere that luck=opportunity + preparation. Preparation we have control over, but we must be preparing for the right thing. I guess we have some control over opportunity, which might include building your network and getting out of the basement once in a while.