Not sure that I would call that post "great thoughts". Scenario #1 (business guy) required a significant amount of initial investment, Scenario #2 (MIT Genius)

Not sure that I would call that post "great thoughts". Scenario #1 (business guy) required a significant amount of initial investment, Scenario #2 (MIT Genius) could have bootstrapped the site for $14/mo on AWS. They're two completely different strategies.