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I'd say timing plays a huge role and can also be seen as luck.

The market is sometimes just not ready for something and knowing if your timing is right isn't obvious, nor even possible to determine in most cases imo




This.

I was pitching Roam-like software in 2005. No interest at all.

Now there's dozens of them talking as if graphs and relationships in (personal) knowledge management is new.

It's hard not to feel bitter.




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