Here's the raw truth that no one in the valley will admit.
It's about two things:
1. Execution.
2. Luck.
... but it's mostly execution.
If you have a BRILLIANT idea but can't execute you're dead.
There are tons of companies in the history books as examples.
BUT... if you can EXECUTE, you can take a shitty idea, abandon it, pivot, measure, and focus BACK on a good idea. Then when you have a good idea you can keep executing it forward.
The rest of luck but this can be worked on as luck is often timing + being prepared.
It's about two things:
1. Execution.
2. Luck.
... but it's mostly execution.
If you have a BRILLIANT idea but can't execute you're dead.
There are tons of companies in the history books as examples.
BUT... if you can EXECUTE, you can take a shitty idea, abandon it, pivot, measure, and focus BACK on a good idea. Then when you have a good idea you can keep executing it forward.
The rest of luck but this can be worked on as luck is often timing + being prepared.