Almost every great company has been in a position where losing just a few key employees would have killed it before it became large enough to sustain itself. I

Almost every great company has been in a position where losing just a few key employees would have killed it before it became large enough to sustain itself. I have a theory that a lot of companies become great because of the output of those absolutely superb (but not necessarily self-promoting) employees who create 95%+ of the intellectual output of the startup, while all the the credit goes to those who promote themselves. Snag those great employees, kill the company.