I am not by any means calling it an absolute. But the data points tilt in favor of working through the pain and difficulties instead of throwing in the towel at the slightest speed bump.
Consider another point of view then: how many people struck it big on their second, third, fourth startup?
Off the top of my head Uber was Travis' third startup. Does that make him a quitter or a perseverer?
At my age I known plenty of tech entrepreneurs who've been at it for 10 years with no big hits. Statistically some of them will eventually make it. I doubt I'll be able to say sincerely they were the ones with more grit. But I'm sure they themselves will say it for me :)
Off the top of my head Uber was Travis' third startup. Does that make him a quitter or a perseverer?
At my age I known plenty of tech entrepreneurs who've been at it for 10 years with no big hits. Statistically some of them will eventually make it. I doubt I'll be able to say sincerely they were the ones with more grit. But I'm sure they themselves will say it for me :)