Formula for entrepreneurial success

Drivel. Who knows, there might be a real formula lurking behind this post but you won't find it in this feel-good checklist of mostly obvious nothings.

This article is crap. Here&#x27;s a good rule of thumb - if you could write this entire article (a &quot;1 min read&quot;) without having ever built a startup before, and not having the apparent authority someone like Ev Williams has, then it&#x27;s bullshit. Similar to math and science, real advice shouldn&#x27;t be obvious to the uninitiated without experience.<p>Giving people advice like &quot;focus&quot;, and &quot;don&#x27;t put up with egocentric personalities and downers&quot; is just rephrasing the problem with a shiny veneer. It&#x27;s not wisdom, it&#x27;s just stupid and unproductive.<p>If you want advice, look for information that isn&#x27;t vague and easily codifiable. It you&#x27;re building a startup in the health insurance industry, read about actual problems in that domain, and actual solutions.

For entrepreneurial success you need to deliver something many people (or a few people who will pay a lot) want.. in the way they want it.. when they want it. If you figure out what that <i>thing</i> is, then it&#x27;s all about doing it (or presenting it) well enough for them to want it, then getting it to them. There is no entrepreneurial success if you don&#x27;t deliver what they want.<p>1. Find out what they want.<p>2. Find a way to get&#x2F;make it at a cheaper price than you&#x27;ll charge for it.<p>3. Ensure that the product is good enough to be desired.<p>4. Get the product in front of those people that want it.<p>5. Sell, sell, sell.<p>5a. If the product is good enough, then you will mainly be eliminating fear, uncertainty, and doubt, because the product will sell itself.<p>6. Profit.

<i>When you don’t sleep, eat crap, don’t exercise, and are living off adrenaline for too long, your performance suffers. Your decisions suffer. Your company suffers.</i><p>Houston, we have a problem...<p>The way I see it, you &quot;use what you&#x27;ve got&quot;. If Fogbeam Labs is ultimately successful, it&#x27;ll be because we were powered by a continuous flood of caffeine, adrenaline and heavy-metal. \m&#x2F;<p>Now excuse me while I go back to sipping Red Bull, listening to <i>Kickstart My Heart</i>[1] and pounding out code...<p>[1]: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ9unxXxoJo" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=sQ9unxXxoJo</a>

Why is HN getting filled with these &quot;genius&quot; medium.com posts, which are basically just crap?