The article is talking more about entrepreneurship being an avenue for establishing a personal brand. > Credit really only goes to founders when a startup exit

The article is talking more about entrepreneurship being an avenue for establishing a personal brand. > Credit really only goes to founders when a startup exits for less than $250 million. Under a $1 billion, a handful of the early employees will be able to receive credit. And above $1 billion, the number of early employees who can claim credit continually increases with exit value all the way up to a Google or Facebook, where people will mention and receive acknowledgment for even their triple-digit employee number. They're saying employee #20 at a $250M exit doesn't get mentioned much generally. Employee #20 at a google/facebook exit does, generally.