I believe this is true for businesses in general, but that doesn't mean it's true for startups. Startups are a tiny proportion of businesses, and things work ve

I believe this is true for businesses in general, but that doesn't mean it's true for startups. Startups are a tiny proportion of businesses, and things work very differently in that world. Exactly how and why they work differently is a fascinating (and very useful) topic. And yet instead of exploring that interesting topic, reporter after reporter goes for the easy debunk-the-young-hotshot-myth article, using an argument based on conflating startups with businesses in general.