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To mw, the most underrated success factors that seemingly nobody talks about (probably because it goes against the motto of "be smart & work hard and you'll be
by manuelflara 9y ago
To mw, the most underrated success factors that seemingly nobody talks about (probably because it goes against the motto of "be smart & work hard and you'll be successful" that we all want to believe), are being lucky and existing personal connections/wealth.
- CM30 9y agoThe latter reminds me of an example of a London based startup where the CEO wasted millions of dollars on holidays and personal luxuries while trying to market an app with no mainstream audience. But hey, his dad was in the banking industry and could get him millions from investors he knew, so hey a non viable company got funded.
- foldr 9y agoThe relevant ethic being that it is ok to give money away as long as you give it to people who already have it.