My point is that "founder" is not some distinct species of human that uniquely and intrinsically possesses product sense, future-seeing vision, ability to execute, etc. etc. etc. There are many people out there with these abilities, and they could just as successfully found and grow companies. What sets apart founders is that they have these traits AND have the access to capital and connections that permit them to actually go out and do it.
For example, I would put forward as a basis of argument:
There are many people (thousands?) who, given $1 billion, could go off and build a space program. Elon Musk was actually able to do it though, not because he's a genius (he is), but because he ALSO is super-well-connected and actually could gain access to that $1 billion.
For example, I would put forward as a basis of argument:
There are many people (thousands?) who, given $1 billion, could go off and build a space program. Elon Musk was actually able to do it though, not because he's a genius (he is), but because he ALSO is super-well-connected and actually could gain access to that $1 billion.