Most Companies Are Busy Making Their Products

Except In Very Narrow Cases, Where There's Breakthrough Science That Needs Patent Production, Worrying About Competitors Is A Waste Of Time. If You Can't Out Iterate Someone Who Is Trying To Copy You, You're Toast Anyway.

What If We Found Ourselves Building Something That Nobody Wanted? In That Case What Did It Matter If We Did It On Time And On Budget?

Our Educational System Is Not Preparing People For The 21st Century. Failure Is An Essential Part Of Entrepreneurship. If You Work Hard, You Can Get An 'a' Pretty Much Guaranteed, But In Entrepreneurship, That's Not How It Works.

Customers Don't Care How Much Time Something Takes To Build. They Care Only If It Serves Their Needs.

Meritocracy Is A Good Thing. Whenever Possibly, People Should Be Judged Based On Their Work And Results, Not Superficial Qualities.