I can see two sides to this... 1. Product /Market Fit. 2. Technolgoy hurdles.

If a product is just to visionary, it wont' get that crucial Product / Market fit. Users just aren't educated or understand whats how to get the full value from the product.

Secondly, a lot of technology hurdles as you mentioned in your article just take time to solve or at least make them cheaper to solve.

Then its just about failing faster, and learning.