> Business models, tech, intelligence, smartness, timing all means jackshit. The only thing that matters is networking (and persistence)
I'd say there a self-selection process here. Certain companies possibly wouldn't have succeeded without connections. So one can always find examples where that contribution was most critical. And perhaps that is even the category targeted most by YC, since anyone can do software, to oversimplify somewhat. But many other companies do succeed by timing and performance.
I'd say there a self-selection process here. Certain companies possibly wouldn't have succeeded without connections. So one can always find examples where that contribution was most critical. And perhaps that is even the category targeted most by YC, since anyone can do software, to oversimplify somewhat. But many other companies do succeed by timing and performance.