Even worse is when someone's founder mythologization (if that's a word :) reaches the point where they always capitalize the word "founder" and talk about found

Even worse is when someone's founder mythologization (if that's a word :) reaches the point where they always capitalize the word "founder" and talk about founders (sorry, Founders) as if they were some unique species distinct from all other humans for their vision and bravery. I'm convinced this comes from a combination of extremely stressed-out people psyching themselves up, plus VCs wanting to psych up the fresh meat. If you're going to give someone a bunch of money on the off chance that they might turn it into more money, it helps if you can convince the people you're giving money to that they are courageous superhuman visionaries creating the future, rather than people who are about to ruin their lives for a few years in exchange for a small chance at a big payout.