It isn't just luck. It's knowing what markets to enter and what markets to avoid. Pebble entered a market adjacent to iPhone and where Apple was likely to move next. It wasn't Pebble's market to win, it was Apple's to lose.
It isn't just luck, far from it, but it is also luck. All the skill and determination in the world might not do you any good without some luck to come with it.
Of curse getting that skill and determination in the first place is largely luck based so there is that as well.
Of curse getting that skill and determination in the first place is largely luck based so there is that as well.