[nostrademons]

I think that Andreesen sorta assumes that anyone who's watching/reading his stuff is interested in the big hits. This talk was given at the "Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders" series, for example.

If that's not your goal, you should probably seek out other entrepreneurs who're in an area more like your own. That's sorta implied though - does it have to be spelled out?

I also wouldn't be surprised if DHH also said that the market was important. Without a market, you have nobody to buy your product, which doesn't make it much of a product after all. If you're willing to settle for a smaller market, there're more of them that you can go after and less competition for each, but that still doesn't absolve you from finding one.