I assume you're saying this with a certain amount of irony.

He was just a kid, for one, and in the Valley, "socialized" doesn't mean respectable, it means "willing to appear to toe the party line."

Couldn't you say the same about Steve Jobs? Doesn't this say more about "most Valley startups today" than it does about people that actually forged these industries?

What's it matter how he'd fit in most Valley startups today? He was who he needed to be for his time.

Not to mention, what happens to "most" Valley startups, anyways?