A good software developer paired with a talented marketer/salesperson together with a lot of work (400-800 hours each) have a decent chance. They would probabl

A good software developer paired with a talented marketer/salesperson together with a lot of work (400-800 hours each) have a decent chance. They would probably be odds-on to succeed if they were chasing a niche in an established market. This doesn't apply to companies like Facebook, Google etc because they're protected by a network effect.