> It's unclear to me still how much of Startup/Founder Mythology was intended for PR purposes, and how much did startup execs end up believing for themselves.

> It's unclear to me still how much of Startup/Founder Mythology was intended for PR purposes, and how much did startup execs end up believing for themselves. Why choose? For a while, everyone who counted won - execs, investors, ibankers, even some of the workers, some of the time - when the rubes bought the line. But eventually it starts causing problems - like when the rubes start actually expecting accountability. If you're the, ahem, ubermench, then you are also at fault when you screw up, as much as the Kalanicks of the world try to weasel, bully or deflect. The sooner this bullshit dies, the sooner we can behave like a somewhat sane industry.