"Startups are hard." They're even harder when your founders are an arrogant out-of-touch industry insider and a bureaucrat with no passion or insight for the m

"Startups are hard." They're even harder when your founders are an arrogant out-of-touch industry insider and a bureaucrat with no passion or insight for the market you depend on. That's why people are laughing. A bad idea is survivable. A bad leadership cadre is fatal, and both of them should know that by now.