> Its not hard to define success. Everyone has their own definition of success. For many, a "successful" tech startup is one that eventually lands a $100M+ buy

> Its not hard to define success. Everyone has their own definition of success. For many, a "successful" tech startup is one that eventually lands a $100M+ buyout, or gets millions of paying customers, or some other metric that's far beyond "simply" arriving at a sustainable business that you (and I) mentioned.