[_metamorphosis_]

I have been in SV since 2008, so not shocked by startup culture. What shocks me is so many startups with very trivial product/service which could easily be just a feature in their competing product. May be I'm questioning their value and overhead involved in developing that 'feature'. But again, there are some really good startups, and totally worth trying whatever they are trying to build. It's just their number is still no better than it was in 1999 or earlier. I wonder if there are any hard numbers of startups - how many? how many employees? their average experience/age? rate of 'success'? etc.