[mishachellam]

I think traction is about understanding underlying human psychology / user intent. At the end of it all, it is still humans who are using these products (for now at least :)

Someone who deeply understands customer interviews and needs-finding will do a better job of scoping the right product to build, and someone who understands what drives human behavior will do better at distributing the product.

[rrhoover]

+1 for Misha's response.

Yes, luck and timing are a big part of startups but there are processes and ways of thinking that you can learn to increase chances of success.

[ilaksh]

What sort of process or way of thinking would that be? I mean without giving away the whole store, (since I think consulting on that is your business) maybe there is a comment you can make that would give me ideas for things to google.