They say success has a million parents, and failure is an orphan.

But I ask — where were those “parents” when I was broke and had nothing?

Like, seriously, where were you?

Founders have a really bizarre path to success, which is largely defined by two ends - “I started with nothing” and “I’ve made a bunch of money!” (if all goes well).

Recently, we saw this with SpaceX’s massive trillion-dollar IPO, and of course, the trillion-dollar net worth of its Founder, Elon Musk. Everyone is coming out of the woodwork to weigh in on the company's success and its Founder, with a wide range of emotions and intentions.

For everyone else, it’s easy to support a Founder when they’ve had outsized success, but the real supporters were the ones who were stan...