Yep you're right, founders have that upside too. But raising a seed round is not that easy (don't believe Techcrunch :)), and if you can't do it your story will

Yep you're right, founders have that upside too. But raising a seed round is not that easy (don't believe Techcrunch :)), and if you can't do it your story will be "I spent xxx months/years on something nobody cared".