"It takes more than the founders to build a successful company."
Not if you are looking for a 50 million payout. Which, the article seems to imply, is the average buyout amount these days. I believe pg and co managed to make around that much a decade ago. By the time you hire employees you'd better be shooting for a lot more and have some convincing reasons/data why you have a shot at succeeding if you want to get talented people to join you.
Chris Dixon talked about this recently. The first line starts with "For most people I know who join or start companies, the primary goal is not to get rich..."
Not if you are looking for a 50 million payout. Which, the article seems to imply, is the average buyout amount these days. I believe pg and co managed to make around that much a decade ago. By the time you hire employees you'd better be shooting for a lot more and have some convincing reasons/data why you have a shot at succeeding if you want to get talented people to join you.