Ironically, the really safe approach would be to take what appeared to be the risky one. Successful founders have got to be able to spot a trend before people are compiling statistics.
The obstacles are good things ! You have to start seeing these not as another bloody pain you have to deal with, but as an opportunity. These are things that will make our competitors quit.
It should be difficult to start a new venture.” A degree of adversity strengthens the entrepreneur and weeds out those without the required mettle.
Notes from the book, Worthless, Impossible and Stupid: How Contrarian Entrepreneurs Create and Capture Extraordinary Value by Daniel Isenberg