It all depends if 'money' is the sole criteria for evaluating someone's worth. A vast majority of startup 'founders' end up enshittifying their product and then selling it all to the highest bidder while making quick cash in the process. These 'flippers' were and never are innovators, just schemers looking to benefit from a technologically-rich and sophisticated con guised as 'young genius'.
It all depends if 'money' is the sole criteria for evaluating someone's worth. A vast majority of startup 'founders' end up enshittifying their product and then selling it all to the highest bidder while making quick cash in the process. These 'flippers' were and never are innovators, just schemers looking to benefit from a technologically-rich and sophisticated con guised as 'young genius'.
good catch!