Usually it's the most imaginative startups that are more likely to fail since they are often ahead of their time. Google has plenty of moonshot initiatives going for them that are full of imagination.
Being ahead of your time is not a sign of intelligence; it is a merely a sign of inability to adapt.
The fact that being ahead of one’s time is often associated with misunderstood geniuses has more to do that those geniuses had severe lack of skills outside their brilliance
The fact that being ahead of one’s time is often associated with misunderstood geniuses has more to do that those geniuses had severe lack of skills outside their brilliance