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

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7.1M views · 11 years ago · talk · evergreen

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.

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

Startups & entrepreneurship#startups#timing#tedtalk#entrepreneurship

4 comments from Hacker News

@RonaldOlzheim2022 · in “Ask HN: Does this idea make any sense?”

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 ▶ this video

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@jv222222020 · in “This project posts one new startup idea every day for a year”

Some useful reading/viewing on this subject: Ideas are just multipliers: link Idea vs Execution: link Timing is an important factor: ▶ this video

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@drchewbacca2019 · in “The most successful people are just the luckiest, a new computer model confirms”

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

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@vtange2017 · in “Startup Graveyard – History Shouldn't Have to Repeat Itself”

Great idea. Site is hugged to death at the moment I think A quick issue that arose in my head is what happens if people turn away from ideas because they see it in the graveyard? Some ideas may have seen the light of day too soon...timing for startups is important, as shown in this TED talk - ▶ this video With this resource at hand, people might mistaken bad timing for bad idea.

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