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Depends how you define, "success." Most companies that provide a valuable enough product for enough customers to build a decent career for the companies employ
by douglaswlance 8y ago
Depends how you define, "success."
Most companies that provide a valuable enough product for enough customers to build a decent career for the companies employees are started by average Joe's with no special connections and are executed very poorly.
You'd be surprised how easy it is to start and operate a decent business. The difficult part is growing and scaling that business.
- speedplane 8y ago> You'd be surprised how easy it is to start and operate a decent business. The difficult part is growing and scaling that business. I could not disagree more. Businesses fall apart all the time, whether they're top tier banks, manufacturing giants, Silicon Valley venture darlings, medium size businesses, mom-and-pops, restaurants, you name it. Operating a business is a constant balancing act between customers, employees, shareholders, the public, and your own internal vision and desires. Your premise that "companies that provide a valuable enough product ..." is also incredibly dismissive. Creating any product that provides true value is not easy.
- pdimitar 8y agoK. I just made the best software product on the planet. I did not tell anyone. I did not hire a marketing firm. It sits on awesomedomain.com with zero leads. Am I rich? You have a flaw in your thinking here.
- douglaswlance 8y agoDelivering value is part of the equation, obviously. Something is not valuable unless there are customers actually receiving value.
- pdimitar 8y agoThat is part of the point I am making with my sarcastic remarks in this thread: too many things go "by default" or by "obviously". Too much implicitness. Hence the validity of most "successful people advice" is close to nil.