[zerostar07]

To me this is another example of a fundamental difference between the Web 1.0 entrepreneur generation and today's superstar startup CEOs. The former's ambitions ranged from data liberation, information freedom and up to interplanetary travel. The new generation's ambitions end in their stock valuations.

[dchest]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosy_retrospection

[zerostar07]

I believe it's more because they had the first mover's advantage and naivete