This is so true. One of the startups I was involved in had the best team imaginable, and their product was vastly superior to the existing alternatives, but the

This is so true. One of the startups I was involved in had the best team imaginable, and their product was vastly superior to the existing alternatives, but the market was already saturated so they had to grind out their sales for over a decade. The next startup had a few really horrible people on the team, and they succeeded in spite of that fact. Eventually though larger macroeconomic conditions soured for them (ie the market evaporated) and the company failed.