Generally right, but specifically wrong.

I met an orthopedic entrepreneur who did every thing right. This Founder/CEO was in the right space at the right time, but missed a business detail. So he failed.
Generally right, but specifically wrong.
The same Founder/CEO shared a story about a generational relative with a massive farm in Nebraska, strategically positioned along the proposed path of the new transcontinental railway. Anticipating a windfall, the family expanded their land holdings to ensure the railway's passage through their property. Yet, in a surprising twist, the railway planners rerouted the line 30 miles away, bypass...