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To: bentway who wrote (92786)9/5/2018 3:19:05 PM
From: i-node  Respond to of 365797
 
>> They built it, no one came:

Yes, and it still added to productivity.

I can assure you I've built more projects for which "no one came" than the number that have been successes. Even Elon Musk will one day have his failure.

T. Boone Pickens, IIRC, became a billionaire after bankruptcy in his 60s.

Failure is part of becoming good at what you do. A lot was learned with the Edsel (AKA "Mercury Sucking a Lemon").