[c0nsilienc3]

Well, it's not called survivorship bias for no reason. This kinda reminds me of that show Halt and Catch Fire. Their computer, their next video game platform, their next search engine... all of it was poised to become the next big thing. Except it didn't. They were beaten by Apple, Nintendo, Yahoo, etc.

Lots of people have the same ideas about what can be successful--some idea about some underserved market or whatever. They're all working at it night and day on little to no sleep. They're all extremely smart and talented. Many of them are willing to play dirty. Only few get lucky.