There was a time where I would&#x27;ve agreed with you. These days I know better. Good ideas are as cheap as &quot;execution&quot;  (sweat&#x2F;guts) guarantees success.<p>Success is a perfect storm.<p>By way of analogy - I did a U-turn with my spare time about 5 months ago. Instead of coming home to write code, I came home and created a 1:10 scale replica of a Ford Bronco concept truck from 2004. People see photos and go wild, &quot;OMG the effort put into that is phenomenal&quot; and &quot;wow I wish I could do that&quot;, &quot;dude those are crazy skillz&quot; and so on.<p>That truck is spectacular to others, I just see the mistakes in an otherwise ok build. Because I&#x27;m loving it, the process of creating, using my hands. Much like most (note, generalization) people that started unicorns didn&#x27;t start out thinking &quot;man I&#x27;m so going to take a cheap idea and succeed by doing hard labour and live on the sidewalk for the next 12 months&quot;.<p>It&#x27;s a perfect storm. Good idea. Timing. Mental state that doesn&#x27;t distinguish between &quot;hard work&quot; and &quot;fun&quot;. Belief, but mostly in yourself, and being ok with failure.