Right now, though, there’s no great way to showcase and validate this ability. As an early-fan, you want to be able to visibly signal your support and maybe even benefit from it.
There’s also a category in the Silicon Valley lexicon called “zombies” — the companies that don’t quite become unicorns but aren’t failures either. They’re a dead weight on the investors’ balance sheets because, for one reason or another, nobody wants to buy them. Even if a company like that is making a profit and pleasing users, it can be... See more