Execs like these fail upwards by chasing funding that they can incinerate in bonfires of "innovation" and "disruption." For whatever reason, the failure of the

Execs like these fail upwards by chasing funding that they can incinerate in bonfires of "innovation" and "disruption." For whatever reason, the failure of their tenure at past companies (or the failure of their past companies outright) are usually not held against them. But wait, these execs need insane compensation because, conveniently, "they have the special skills needed to be an exec" [see my first sentence]. SV and the tech world has this idea that many execs and founders are something like Steve Jobs. They love to promote that image. Actually, from my experience, they're more like Elizabeth Holmes or your random MBA/MBB alum psychopath failing upwards.