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Re:The Delusional Scam of the Self-Help Book Industry by epicureanideal on Thursday July 08, 2021 @04:10PM (#27777005)
Based on the limited background information I've read about Bezos, this seems true, but can you explain what you mean in more detail? Just because it's interesting.
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Re:The Delusional Scam of the Self-Help Book Industry by coldtea on Friday July 09, 2021 @12:56AM (#27780589)
That 500 other people with the same idea would have just as well failed (and in fact, tons of people with the same idea did and do fail in most business attemps).

Prerequisites matter (having the money, VC connections), time matter (dot com golden era), place matters (USA vs say Kazakhstan), the overall economic trajectory matters, execution matters - heck, even luck at various different points on setting up the business matters more than the idea.

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