Well a founder can make decades long bets. Any other company would have had an annual review of progress or a review any time mid-level leadership changed hand

Well a founder can make decades long bets. Any other company would have had an annual review of progress or a review any time mid-level leadership changed hands. Assuming a 50/50 chance of survival each time, the odds of the project lasting 10 years would be 1 in 1024.