Putting aside MLM and similar companies that actively prey on employees... I'm sure it's possible that there are people who have never heard any of the statist

Putting aside MLM and similar companies that actively prey on employees... I'm sure it's possible that there are people who have never heard any of the statistics about how many startups fail, who have never worked at a startup, don't know anyone who has, never talked about a coworker who left to work at a startup, and who go through the recruiting process without anyone mentioning it. It's understood by everyone else, though, so I think that qualifies as "well understood" generally.