Like the article mentions, the ironic part is that if every entrepreneur called it quits when it made sense to, we wouldn't have many of the services we rely on

Like the article mentions, the ironic part is that if every entrepreneur called it quits when it made sense to, we wouldn't have many of the services we rely on today. Pre-Google, YouTube was hemorrhaging half a million dollars a month [1]. Twitter got lackluster reviews on TechCrunch (and slammed in the comments) [2]. People laughed at Microsoft and Apple for building personal computers. Facebook and Google entered into fields that were already pretty heavily dominated. The list goes on and on. [1] http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/youtube-show-me-the-money/ http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/youtube-show-me-the-money/ [2] http://techcrunch.com/2006/07/15/is-twttr-interesting/ http://techcrunch.com/2006/07/15/is-twttr-interesting/