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I picked this article because we are almost 4 years old and yet do not have concrete goals. I struggle to articulate where we are headed. It can be dispiriting when all you hear in the news are about these startups that rose out of nowhere, seem to have a concrete plan and grow rapidly. This article is a good reminder that what we are going through is pretty normal. You'll notice a lot of the companies listed here were successful but did not always know what they were up to. They needed to put something out, iterate, experiment and then endure the boring grunt work required to polish up a product or service. I also want to emphasize the non-linear nature of growth. It can seem like we are stuck relatively in the same place for long and then your mind begins to make linear extrapolations as to why this thing you are working will never catch on. That's clearly not true. You can be stuck at the same place for a while and then suddenly take off. So don't get too bogged down if your current space seems too slow.

I had the privilege of being an early employee in the two companies which i have worked so far. The author speaks about some good ideas on doing things which do not scale. I have involved in doing things which do not scale at first in both these companies. So i feel the points which he makes are important. At Qxf2 when i started i was into R&D, writing Blogs etc. Though at first it seemed i was not adding much value, i saw the benefits of those tasks later like our framework, blogs being useful for getting projects as well for internal use. In a personal front also conducting Meetups and spending time of new topics will help us scale in our career. Some of the clients which we have got are with reference from the people who had worked with us earlier.

The biggest myth about success is the fact that it happens overnight. All the top companies didn't become successful overnight. They are there from long time. They were discovered overnight. People realized or started understanding the usage of the product overnight. I am sure that all the companies success stories were built over many years of hard work. They might have faced many challenges that were hard to overcome. There will be many untold stories behind, many failures and great sacrifice behind, also they would have had funding issues too.If you take a example of Walmart, at one point of time Walmart couldn't get a loan. We only know its success story but it took years of hard work and dedication. Similarly there will be many inside stories that we are not aware of. Same way, if you take the Angry Birds, it's one of the most successful mobile games ever. But how many of us know that Angry Birds is the 52nd game that Rovio made. Eight years of hard work and a near bankruptcy later, they finally created their massive hit. Its a natural human tendency, if you look at success stories, we often think that they happened overnight. It is not a sudden rise, what we don't understand or see is, how much time and effort they've already spent on their passion. So for a start up company, the first three years are more important and critical and if you survive, i feel success typically takes six to seven years if you really stick on to your dream, if you work it hard, make it better, be strong to take up the challenges.

It was a nice article to read and also the articles linked in it. One thing i learned is that creating a new product generally takes time. If you fail for the first time don't give up, rather work hard and learn from your mistakes. I really liked the overnight success journey of Angry Birds game. Rovio had been through nearly 50 mobile games till they launched angry birds and were almost bankrupt. Also there is a link in the article which speaks about lessons learned from bootstrapping a company, it is worth a read for those who wants to start a bootstrapped company wherein the author says if you bootstrap a company you often have to wear multiple hats and multiple tasks because you don't have money to hire one specialist for each and every task, also you should reach out to market as early as possible as you will get valuable feedback from the preliminary customers who signup.

This is very nice article. Most of the people have the myth that "Success happens overnight". Success takes long time, continuous learning, continuous experimenting, more hard work and more patience. Sometimes we may get failure while trying something new, but by that time only we should not loose our hopes. I remember the example of Dr. Abdul Kalam, he had dream of becoming fighter pilot, but he bagged ninth position where eight slots were available in 'IAF'. But after that he became the successful scientist. This situation fits for the quote "Failure is the first step toward success". Author has given many real time examples in this article which tells that success happens overnight is just a myth. There are many more real time examples of business mans who had stories behind their overnight success. They have worked very hard and they became successful.

Its a good topic that emphasizes idea about "SUCCESS HAPPENS OVERNIGHT" is a myth.The road to success is a marathon, not a sprint, but it doesn't always seem that way. When we look at all successful people, it's easy to think success as a product of luck rather than hard work and determination. But in reality, success is product of not only talent and luck but also hard and resilience. I would like to share a classic example that emphasizes this myth, "SUCCESS IS AN ICEBERG CLICHE". The tip of iceberg which rises out of water is the part that people see, this is the "SUCCESS". But underneath that iceberg there is a huge and invisible mass of ice that had to built inorder for the tip to rise up to the visibility. This part we rarely see is hard work, failures, rejections, criticism.

Its quite interesting topic to me, "SUCCESS HAPPENS OVERNIGHT". Author well explained regarding hardwork behind every success. He used good examples like Twitter, Apple ipod, Rovio(Angry bird) etc. We know that twitter is a kind of social media but the founder Biz Stone took 8 years to implement that, same way before ipod, mp3 player was hitting the market and there was 3 years of hardwork behind the release of ipod and much more best example is that many people does't know about Rovio untill and unless Angry Bird was famous. Before Angry bird the founder has flopped upto 50 games.From this what we can understand is Success doesn't happen overnight untill and unless we put effort and work for it. People may speak that it was by luck, but ultimately it completely depends on your hard work you show towards your work.I would even like to convey the quote of Dr A.P.J.Abdul Kalam : "Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck."

It's a straight forward short article which decodes the Myth of Success happening overnight. The author gives so many examples about swift successes that have taken a long time to achieve. Good to hear the stories behind the companies mentioned over here. I like the quote from Daft Punk, its pretty cool. I like what Barrie Bergman has said that he has met people who have done something good for a long time and then they get discovered.