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There are not many people in the world who can take an idea and generate $billions with it. Even if they crash, you don't just throw those people under the bus.
by jessedhillon 14y ago
There are not many people in the world who can take an idea and generate $billions with it. Even if they crash, you don't just throw those people under the bus. You can debate whether or not they conform to some specific ideals of success, but I'd hardly call him "chaff."
- fatbird 14y agoYou make fair points, but what I'm really questioning is why Pincus alone seems to bear the brunt of the backlash against him and Zynga, when he was enthusiastically enabled by a variety of investors. Why aren't they receiving the same criticism for failing to perform? Why aren't they receiving more, given that Pincus has only his own experience, while it's the basic job of the VCs to look at a hundred Pincus's and choose the three worth betting on?
- nikcub 14y ago> why Pincus alone seems to bear the brunt of the backlash against him and Zynga Because that is how Zynga was presented to the world - as Pincus' company where he runs everything. Pincus and Zynga can't be separated, he is the public face and persona of the company. It was the same with Jobs and Apple, and is the same with Zuck and Facebook. With success the founder is praised, but the downside of making a single founder the focal point is that when things go wrong they are completely associated with the faults of that single person.