How is it now in the valley - can you get a startup funded if you don't have a higher mission that workers work towards? Can you just say it will be a nice plac

How is it now in the valley - can you get a startup funded if you don't have a higher mission that workers work towards? Can you just say it will be a nice place to work and we will treat our workers with respect and pay them competitive rates? It all feels very 'power of nightmares' in making up bogus mission statements to create a shared sense of purpose, but done completely cynically (at least by the power-brokers). http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20su5f_the-power-of-nightmares-1-the-rise-of-the-politics-of-fear-bbc-2004_news http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20su5f_the-power-of-nightm...