My advice would be to focus on the customer and validate. There are so many variables when it comes to big name success stories. It could almost be considered a

My advice would be to focus on the customer and validate. There are so many variables when it comes to big name success stories. It could almost be considered a waste of time to break it down into a success formula, there are just too many variables. The only constant is the fact that they gained traction, which means that customers wanted the product they built. So in this sense, understanding the customer (or potential customer) is one of the most important aspects of success. It is also one of the hardest things to understand/master because in many cases, even the customer does not know what they want. This is why you end up with scenarios where it appears a big success was found "by accident" or "unknowingly"