something that is missing is a bunch of VC companies these days are built to be sold. they don't have to have sustainable business meant for the long run. here

something that is missing is a bunch of VC companies these days are built to be sold. they don't have to have sustainable business meant for the long run. here's PG > Our startup, Viaweb, was built to be sold. We were open with investors about that from the start. And we were careful to create something that could slot easily into a larger company. That is the pattern for the future. - http://paulgraham.com/bubble.html http://paulgraham.com/bubble.html and given YC is the arguably the largest and most influential accelerator - hence why most startups are build to sell to FAANG