Are startup founders the new purchased commissions?

I think this would make a very interesting blog post, but is insufficiently served by a link to Wikipedia.

And for another analogy... culture fit interviews:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy_rcN-q8T0

"He don't hunt, Jack!"

https://youtu.be/Yy_rcN-q8T0?t=210

"I have yet to meet an officer who's come up by dint of ... whatever, from the rank and file of the army, who can find it possible to 'fit' as it were... that is, be one of us... who fits."