[andygcook]

Agreed. After an initial listening, it's clear Steve's really talented. Which admittedly probably helps with the earning money part of the article.

It's kind of like that PG quote:

"What Customers Want - It's not just startups that have to worry about this. I think most businesses that fail do it because they don't give customers what they want. Look at restaurants. A large percentage fail, about a quarter in the first year. But can you think of one restaurant that had really good food and went out of business?"

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[dataqat]

I can think of many restaurants with really good food that went out of business... that's a terrible analogy. Certainly a very helpful ingredient, though maybe not even the main one.

[andygcook]

I agree that it's definitely not a foolproof analogy. But good food (like good music) is usually a table-stakes ingredient for a successful restaurant. Again of course again, there are exceptions there too.

[feteru]

Yeah I can think of a few. Some just couldn't manage expenses, whether it was ingredients or rent.