That was it! The whole Redwood City philosophy was based on a willingness to try harder than anyone else.
I'm someone who can provide an intellectual framework, but I can't tell people who are trying to sell Product X how to do that because I don't know, and I would be faking it if I attempted to step into that role.
When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.
I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing.
A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap.