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What they forget to mention about "overnight success" is the years of work it took to get there.

Y Combinator
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  • Startup launches typically generate minimal initial public attention, requiring founders to execute repeated launches over extended periods as the core work of the business.
  • Movie premieres serve as a primary analogy for launch expectations, characterized by intense initial press coverage and public interest that dissipates within one to two months.
  • Startup launch trajectories are inversely related to movie releases, defined by a prolonged period of public indifference followed by significant attention emerging up to a decade later.