Are you able to summarize, into perhaps a (very) short paragraph for each of "If startups focus constantly on perfecting these things, they are almost ensured success" based upon your experience of startups?
The goal is to create essentially a framework for startup ideas that can set you up for success in the best way possible.
And however tough things get for the Octoparts, I predict they'll succeed. They may have to morph themselves into something totally different, but they won't just crawl off and die. They're smart; they're working in a promising field; and they just cannot give up.
EDIT: I am not reading "mountains of material". I am mostly trying to shorten the list of things we need to do before shipping.
1. Succeed
Unfortunately most funded, incubated, accelerated, bootstrapped, unfunded, unincubated, unaccelerated and other startups fail to follow these very simple instructions.
Works every time.
2. Or: Pivot. Have luck.
3. Or: Pivot. Have luck.
(This assumes you know how to build a startup)