The reasons for Disney's success are quite a lot, but ultimately the credit belongs to one person—the man who created the cartoon and built the company from nothing, Walt Disney.
I'm not going to put odds on it. I'm always optimistic, and it's not always, perhaps it won't succeed immediately tomorrow or whatnot but maybe in a year or two.
Carrot, a to-do-list app, is a task manager with a personality. When you succeed in finishing your tasks, for example, Carrot praises you with a message such as "Way to go".
They had both failed to make a Hollywood living and now held jobs that they hated while they struggled to nourish what remained of their creative aspirations.