Scoble on VC attention: traction helps, but serendipity at SF coffee shops funds startups too
Scobleizer · x · 2026-10-27
Responding to debate about "farming luck" by hanging out in the right SF coffee shops, Scobleizer argues traction matters because it proves you built something valuable to other people—but it's not the only path. Siri had zero traction at launch, yet he recognized its importance on first try. He's met strangers working on ideas in coffee shops who ended up funded through pure serendipity: sometimes just shipping something and taking a chance is enough.
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