Gary, you have brilliantly summed up the problem so many startups and founders fail to acknowledge. Chasing the next valuation mindset has deprioritized key aspects of building sustainable business like vision, wowing the customer, generating employment and of course solving a real problem before anything else.

This post though is a quick read, there’s a lot to take in and learn from. Am in the middle of a startup grind at a startup that has to embrace failure, pivot and re look at the fundamentals. Can’t agree enough with the points you made. Thanks for being blunt as always. Opinions like yours is what we need more of.