Garg: Most 'Overnight Successes' Are 10 Years in the Making
Ooshma Garg · A Conversation with Ooshma Garg - Moderated by Adora Cheung · Y Combinator · Sep 8, 2018 · at 33:45
Gobble founder Ooshma Garg discusses the role of grit and perseverance in startup building with YC partner Adora Cheung.
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“I think the most overnight successes are like 10 years in the making. There are some flukes that are like one year, two year, three years that the media celebrates in a disproportionate amount, and I'm always very enamored by them, but the only way that I know is like this lead bullets, grit, do not give up strategy.”
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