Startup Age on Instagram: "Mark Zuckerberg didn’t start with Facebook. Before it worked, he built chat tools, music apps, and study platforms. None of them succeeded. J.K. Rowling was rejected 12 times before Harry Potter found a publisher. Beyoncé recorded hundreds of songs before creating Halo. What we call “overnight success” is usually years of invisible effort, failed attempts, and quiet persistence. Failure isn’t a dead end. It’s evidence that you’re learning, iterating, and moving closer