I would guess that (almost?) all successful startups have a lot going on behind the scenes that doesn&#x27;t make it into the press.<p>My company isn&#x27;t even particularly successful, but it&#x27;s incredibly difficult for us to get anyone who writes about us to mention that I&#x27;m a co-founder (not <i>the</i> founder, let alone the fact that the community that does most of the important work) and that there&#x27;s an entire team behind what we&#x27;re doing (that it&#x27;s not &quot;my&quot; thing).<p>The single-man myth is just a lot sexier, even if false. There are great founders, to be sure, but every time you talk to the person who is the &quot;single man&quot; they talk about how the company is successful because of a fantastic team. In fact, a lot of the work of a founder <i>is</i> assembling a great team and making them work well together. I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;ve ever seen an exception to that - even Jobs, Musk, etc.<p>In fact, the real moral of the story is that the tech press is almost entirely bullshit, and that is mostly to be avoided.