What about all the startup-type weebly guys that worked for years and years and just never made it? That quote is just survivorship bias. It also has a whiff o

What about all the startup-type weebly guys that worked for years and years and just never made it? That quote is just survivorship bias. It also has a whiff of a "blame the victim mentality" embedded within it. Persistence is necessary for success - as is being alive. However neither condition is sufficient.