Pinterest just become the third most popular social network after struggling for many years and when it started, it had "catastrophically small numbers".
James Dyson failed in 5126 prototypes before he invented the revolutionary vacuum cleaner.
Groupon is a listed company now but it almost died before it rose to the top.
WD-40 is called WD-40 because the previous 39 experiments to create the right solution failed.
Thomas Edison made over 10,000 attempts before inventing the light bulb. He said famously:
I now know definitively over 9,000 ways that an electric light bulb will not work. Success is almost in my grasp.Omgpop's owner only had $1700 in his bank account. He had a whole lot more after his company was bought over Zynga. Before Draw Something, there were more than 30 other games. It is not a one-hit-wonder as well.
iPod was introduced 24 years after Apple II. That's why Steve Jobs said:
People say you have to have a lot of passion for what your doing and it’s totally true and the reason is ah is because its so hard, and if you don’t, any rational person would give up. It’s really hard, you have to do it over a sustained period of time. So if you don’t love it, your not having fun doing it, you don’t really love it ah – you’re going to give up!Einstein, Edison and Mozart did not have any fast track too.
When we got to know about successes, it all appears so easy. Those people are so lucky. Well, we forgot about how hard they have tried, how much they have sacrificed and what they have to go through.
