Mostly interested in hearing from those who have succeeded multiple times. For those who have launched and produced profitable companies. How important was knowing the right people, how important was having money. How did you meet the right people and how did you get the money you needed.
(Anyone can say anything but please if all you’re gonna say is work hard and eat your green vegetables. It’s pointless.)
The founder of my former company had no money and no connections. They published their solution on an open-source platform as open source, and it was a big hit! That’s when opportunities and funds started to reach out to them.
The bottom line is that their product really works.
They started it as a side project to solve their own pain point when building their main project, and they decided to publish it because they found it useful. Obviously, many other users had the same problem and their solution was helpful!