But isn't extreme persistence opposite of rapid execution and feedback learning loop ?!

but knowing when to give up is important too

The danger is being persistent when you're wrong or delusional. Very possible to spend years with extreme persistence and still accomplish very little

Do you have a good dataset on this for founders or companies? It would be interesting to see the avg. “Time to success”

there’s no substitute for tenacity

It helps to have multiple lines of pursuit, then when you get slogged down in one can pivot attention / resources between as needed. Sometimes the only thing you need to get unstuck is time.

Consistency over a long period

@DaleJStephens you told me this once, it stuck! Thanks.

We really need to unpack the concept of "failure" and learn how to "fail safe". If you wanna do something novel and interesting...prepare to fail, and fail hard...get good at it...I found this book very helpful. goodreads.com/en/book/show/4…

In other words: The more you stick with something, the more likely you are to succeed at it.