Good marketing and advertising can cover up a bad product. A prime example is GoDaddy. When their product is not growing like it should, Silicon Valley startup

Good marketing and advertising can cover up a bad product. A prime example is GoDaddy. When their product is not growing like it should, Silicon Valley startups always hire more engineers to add more features. Oftentimes, the product is good enough they just need put in more marketing efforts. It almost feels like marketers and business dev people are second rate employees compare to engineers when their job is could be more important after the initial launch.