Okay, but at some point you need to turn from a startup into a profitable business. This whole problem stems from the fact that these startups are either unwill

Okay, but at some point you need to turn from a startup into a profitable business. This whole problem stems from the fact that these startups are either unwilling or unable to actually become real businesses at some point. And that should be the actual endgame that is being targeted, and that the employees should be striving for. People seem to have lost sight of that goal.