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Based on the limited background information I've read about Bezos, this seems true, but can you explain what you mean in more detail? Just because it's interes

• coldtea 5y ago
  That 500 other people with the same idea would have just as well failed (and in fact, tons of people with the same idea did and do fail in most business attemps). Prerequisites matter (having the money, VC connections), time matter (dot com golden era), place matters (USA vs say Kazakhstan), the overall economic trajectory matters, execution matters - heck, even luck at various different points on setting up the business matters more than the idea.