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The single biggest reason why start-ups succeed | Bill Gross | TED

TED · 7.1M views · 2015-06-01 · 6:41

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Bill Gross, who has founded and incubated many start-ups, ranked hundreds of companies on five factors. He presents the one factor that stood out as the biggest predictor of success.

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HN commenters cite it for its finding that timing is the most important factor in startup success.

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RonaldOlzheim · 2022-07 · Reference

multiple perceptions Example youtube 1: Value creation --> pro it creates low entrey --> con You need to get in --> Overal I don´t think it´s a smart move to let people decide if something is going to valueble when they are not the valid expert in a certain domain --> This video explains it = [LINK] 2: Economical --> pro basicly everyone can start --> con everyone can start --> Overal i think it´s hard to overcome bias. The best way to outperform thoughts and words of bias is to look at actions over time. 3: short term vs long term --> pro it´s intresting in downturn markets for singles now --> con but singles can build easier faster even in downturn markets. --> Overal = I think internal motivation and timing are key. The single biggest reason why start-ups succeed | Bill Gross [VIDEO]

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jv22222 · 2020-03 · Reference

Some useful reading/viewing on this subject: Ideas are just multipliers: [LINK] Idea vs Execution: [LINK] Timing is an important factor: [VIDEO]

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drchewbacca · 2019-10 · Reference

There's this ted talk to a similar effect, timing is the most important factor in a startups success. [VIDEO]

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