>headline more like "Here's how to get yourself into this privileged class of people who VC's are eager to fund".

Not to mention become paper millionaires because some VC think you have a 1% chance of being the next Instagram.

I mean, that $1.7 million is more than I expect to bring home after tax for the next 10 years. And my income is probably top 95-99% for the area I live in so it's not like I have a hard life. I can't imagine what someone who is actually struggling thinks of their "terrible experience"