It's a falacy. Most of the time, what defines the "right time" is our post event bias. Apple launched the iPhone in 2007(?), so from our 2022 perspective, "they

It's a falacy. Most of the time, what defines the "right time" is our post event bias. Apple launched the iPhone in 2007(?), so from our 2022 perspective, "they were just the first to do it but in 2007 everything that was needed to build an iPhone was already there". The fact that Apple succeded in creating an easy to use, touch screen based, infinitely expandable via software general purpose computing device is 100% their merit. Many companies had tried before, but noone were able to get it right. After you see it done, this concepr of " right time" arises, not before it. It's the same with the age of discoveries. Boats capable of crossing thr ocean had existed for centuries, but only around 1500 it became "the right time".