If you are a cult-of-pg founder with &quot;money money money startups exist to make me rich rich rich!&quot; mindset, sure, it&#x27;s a personal success.<p>But it&#x27;s a blatant, raw, undeniable failure when a company lets itself get acquired no matter how much money changes hands.<p>(this is one of the topics that induce harsh West Coast Cognitive Dissonance because it goes against what the billionaire priests of finance tell you to believe about your life)