Agreed. Top CEOs at "top" companies tend to be outliers anyway, so basing how you grow your business on those few unicorns is never a great idea to begin with. A solid mastermind group can to wonders for nearly everyone else. They can take beginning business owners and make them better business owners and offer support for struggling, or even not struggling, business owners.
This strikes me as another one of the many, I didn't do this thing so you don't need to do it either articles.