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I don't think the article is about founders needing reassurance or emotional support. It's advice for founders to navigate the dynamic with investors that are pushing them to go for a bigger outcome.

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Or perhaps we can just stop referring to them as "medium success" companies. "Medium success" for whom?

$100M in revenue/year to anyone but a very very small percentage of people in the world is a wildly successful business you just built.

Article speaks about $100M valuation. It's much different from $100M/year.

It doesn't have to be the main focus of the article for it to be revealing about silicon valley and the author.

You mean the readers?

All three. A half-time locker room pep talk gives information about the coach, the players, and football culture generally.

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