It sounds like the problem Fong faces is that the industry she wants to work in is very capital-intensive. In that case, does the startup&#x2F;VC&#x2F;equity model make sense? Wouldn&#x27;t it make more sense to be attached to a large company with big balance sheets, access to debt markets, and a good credit rating to get this large capital expenditure funded? (Without having any first-hand knowledge of these places, I&#x27;m sort of thinking of places like Google X or Bell Labs.)<p>Perhaps the issue is a lack of corporate&#x2F;financial structures that allow people who want to work in capital-intensive industries to enjoy some of the nice aspects of working at a small startup: casual atmosphere, lack of corporate hierarchy, openness to change and innovation. I don&#x27;t know whether that&#x27;s something that can be wholly remedied - you can&#x27;t be &quot;move fast break stuff&quot; when you&#x27;re building something like a bridge. But I&#x27;m not convinced that the usual &quot;startup&quot; model is the best way here.