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Success is not reducible to some key rules. His first prototype idea got $500k seed from Baseline and AH. Thats after putting together a basic HTML5 Game mashup of foursquare and mafia wars.

I could interpret the article to say that being determined and focused, while being ready for opportunities, are the critical ingredients to success.

Saying that determination and focus are key ingredients - is just taking an event and looking at it through your own personal lens.

Heck, you could have been the hardest worker, and a genius, but if your name was Nikola Tesla your end result would still be penury.




if your name was Nikola Tesla your end result would still be penury

If you had been Tesla, your "end result" would be that you were Tesla.




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