Bill Gross: The single biggest reason why startups succeed – TED(en.tiny.ted.com) |
Bill Gross: The single biggest reason why startups succeed – TED(en.tiny.ted.com) |
I see a strong connection between the importance of "timing" mentioned in this talk with the importance of riding a consumer "wave" mentioned by Justin Kan in his article "Why I Love B2B over B2C". In short, it's difficult to succeed without riding a huge wave. It's difficult to pinpoint waves in the first place because waves are only obvious in retrospect (i.e. when another company has had substantial success already).
> The number one thing was timing. Timing accounted for 42 percent of the difference between success and failure.
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