Your list is what people want to believe. It makes for a nice narrative and sells the idea that people like Musk or Zuckerberg are somehow exceptional or that they have a methodology that can be studied and learned.
However if you actually look at common factors between a lot of successful founders it’s more just a case of coming from money and/or plain ole dumb luck being in the right place at the right time.
A lot of these household name founders have succeeded despite them, rather than because of them.
Your list is what people want to believe. It makes for a nice narrative and sells the idea that people like Musk or Zuckerberg are somehow exceptional or that they have a methodology that can be studied and learned.
However if you actually look at common factors between a lot of successful founders it’s more just a case of coming from money and/or plain ole dumb luck being in the right place at the right time.
A lot of these household name founders have succeeded despite them, rather than because of them.