Because "absolute success formula" such is an impossibly high bar that we already know the answer to the question as soon as it's posed.
The point I want to make is that people are spending too much of their time and effort on raising money. We need to build a sustainable business after all.
I think Seth put that in a much better way than I do: "The goal isn't to get money from a VC, just as the goal isn't to get into Harvard. Those are stepping stones, filters that some successful people have made their way through."