Failure is good as long as it doesn’t become a habit.
~ Michael Eisner
It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.
Many people you think are individual achievers in fact have either a strong spousal partner over many years or a business partner who's either in the background, not given enough publicity or less egocentric.
In every business, in every industry, management does matter.
If you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don't mind kicking sand in your face.