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The real answer: "Let's be honest here, we don't really know. Some hard work, some luck, alignment of stars, go figure... I mean, Flappy Bird, right?"
by VeejayRampay 12y ago
The real answer: "Let's be honest here, we don't really know. Some hard work, some luck, alignment of stars, go figure... I mean, Flappy Bird, right?"
- normloman 12y agoI have nothing to contribute. I'm just commenting to point out just how accurate your post is. And it could really describe every start up.
- silverlake 12y agoThis NYTimes article goes into more detail: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/14/technology/instagram-founders-were-helped-by-bay-area-connections.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/14/technology/instagram-found... Startups need lucky breaks, but connections with the right people increase the odds considerably. The Instagram founders knew all the right people. A big check from Andreessen, help from Facebook's CTO, Twitter's co-founder, Dorsey, tweeted Instagram pics. This doesn't discount the work Instagram did, but hard work alone won't lead to success.
- lordbusiness 12y agoAs seemingly facetious as this answer sounds, it's absolutely bang-on. Special sauce was the order of the day. Because reasons. :-)
- kokey 12y agoIndeed. With things like these there is limited value in trying to find the core reasons it was a success while so many other similar things failed. Even if you do find the reasons, it's not really possible to know that you did. You can't use the same formula again to verify its success potential.
- lordbusiness 12y agoEloquently put. Exactly.