on product vs marketing:

companies can spend on ads / push content / drive traffic, but if the seed itself is flawed, nothing really takes root
good distribution is like good soil and steady rain, but it still depends on the quality of what you planted, and btw, strong products usually carry their own growth because people come back and tell others
tldr; you can irrigate the field, hire workers, apply fertilizers and pray for sunshine, but if the seed is trash you are just farming disappointment at scale