People say this - that being a founder isn't a the best path to being rich - and it's definitely true.
The popular culture, however, points to the tech area as the source of the new rich. If you want to be the new rich today, you found a tech company.
You're right, though, that there is also an element of success is more than about financial success today. Not just in the valley but in the privileged world that it is peppered with. We don't want to just be rich - we want respect.
Completely agree. Being rich isn't good enough. You have to be rich and have had to done something to "change the world" (barf) along the way to be truly cool.
The popular culture, however, points to the tech area as the source of the new rich. If you want to be the new rich today, you found a tech company.
You're right, though, that there is also an element of success is more than about financial success today. Not just in the valley but in the privileged world that it is peppered with. We don't want to just be rich - we want respect.