Well you could say the same about any privately held company, from the behemoths like Koch Industries to your local mom and pop laundromat [1]. What you describ

Well you could say the same about any privately held company, from the behemoths like Koch Industries to your local mom and pop laundromat [1]. What you describe isn't really limited to tech startups (tm). [1] Though some laundromat empire can be staggering in scope I imagine.