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You always here about the 5% that make it, not the 95% that don't. Even when you do its easy to brush off why they failed. "Oh their idea was bad", or "they did
by strangescript 4y ago
You always here about the 5% that make it, not the 95% that don't. Even when you do its easy to brush off why they failed. "Oh their idea was bad", or "they didn't know what they were doing". This is only amplified further by those 5%'ers running around encouraging everyone to start a business. Writing books about their success. Giving motivational speeches, etc.
- gumballindie 4y agoI dont know but most place i read i read about those who fail and about how difficult starting a business is. One can rarely read about those who start small but successful businesses. Usually stories are either about failures or those immensely successful.
- sshine 4y agoThere's a lot of timing, luck, market fit, retrying. The whole story is never a sample-size of one. Hacker News is pretty good at portraying those who failed five times in a row, those who give up after trying for years, those who seem to get it, and those who persevere.