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  • Many aspiring entrepreneurs believe that startups either succeed rapidly or fail. They develop a product, make it available, and if it’s truly innovative, customers will come flocking in. If not, they assume there’s no demand in the market.

    • Regarding the FractalSummary, I feel like this idea is reflected in it (blu3mo).
  • In reality, startups succeed because their founders make them succeed. While there might be a few that grow on their own, typically it requires effort to propel them forward.

    • Well, that’s true. Looking at real examples, it makes sense (blu3mo).
    • The task itself doesn’t scale, but that’s okay.
      • As long as you can surpass a certain threshold, that’s all that matters, so you need to push it to that point.
  • However, for a startup to thrive, at least one founder (usually the CEO) must dedicate a significant amount of time to sales and marketing.