I know this might sound whiney or bitter, but I think the vast majority of successful entrepreneurs were in the right place at the right time.
If they weren't, how else would they have been successful?
If they weren't, how else would they have been successful?
I couldn't help but think I'd have given up on the site early on if no money was flowing. I wouldn't have seen the point in keeping it going with no immediate cash flow.
Ask yourself: why did Geocities not turn into Facebook?
Comfort with the status quo and a lack of vision, perhaps?
Geocities (Yahoo!), AOL, Xerox--the head of a long list of companies in the right place at the right time but lacking vision.
Precisely my point!