No, it rests on the realistic assumption that there are a million engineers you can hire to be "early employees", and only a handful of Josh Porters with the ta

No, it rests on the realistic assumption that there are a million engineers you can hire to be "early employees", and only a handful of Josh Porters with the talent to build something great and the risk tolerance to execute on it. The market doesn't care about your fragile ego or low self-esteem.