How many founders on HIBT were 'overnight successes?'

Hint: not many!

You’ve heard the stories…a friend of a friend of a friend has an idea, starts working on a business and six months in, sells it for $100 million!

Or a friend of a friend (always a friend of a friend!) who went all-in on a meme stock or Bitcoin and pulled out his cash at just the right moment and now lives a stress-free life of affluence in Puerto Rico soaking up the vibes.

These stories are about as common as those of people who win millions playing Powerball. In other words, they happen but they are extremely rare. So rare they aren’t worth re-telling because we don’t actually learn much from these stories.

Here’s the truth (and you know this): In almost every case—with almost every founder and CEO I’ve interviewed and studied (more than 700 of them)…I’ve learned one very clear lesson:

There’s no such thing as an overnight success.

No matter what, there’s always an element of grind.

On this week’s HIBT and The Great Creators, you’ll hear two “overnight” success stories that were decades i…