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Ah, yes I agree with you. Success comes from tenacity. But the original comment made me think all start ups should be sprinters. Some of us are marathon runners, or even long distance walkers! We get there, slower. But the persistence is just the same, even more, perhaps, due to the longer time frame.
No offence, but your comment is incredibly silly. There are plenty of successful businesses that started on kitchen tables with miniscule budgets and grew organically as the founders learned as they went along.
The cliche of the macho startup entreprenuer working 100 hours weeks and burning through cash for five years is not how many people become successful. Plenty of people start quietly in their spare time and build as they go along.
Startups require risk and sacrifice - yes, this is true. But not all businesses demand your internal organs and your wallet.