" Somehow that stuff never comes up, however. We know what innovation is about, and it’s righteousness and triumph. Success is all you’ll find when you riffle through the inno-thoughts produced by the various foundations, institutes, websites, mentors, accelerators, incubators, and entrepreneurship competitions. You hear about startups that just raised $3.1 million in venture capital; startups that are partnering with some more established operation from California; startups that have made their starter-uppers into billionaires. "

― Thomas Frank , Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People