He is implying that founders can create a lot of value without employees, and that the claim that employees also create value is false.
If that's true, then what about a social experiment: If you are a solo founder, you get all your profits for yourself. But if you have employees, you have to share your profits with your employees. If employees don't produce any value, easy, fire them all, you get everything. But if they do, share your profits fairly.
I'm curious to see how many solo billionaires will appear. My estimated guess: zero.
If that's true, then what about a social experiment: If you are a solo founder, you get all your profits for yourself. But if you have employees, you have to share your profits with your employees. If employees don't produce any value, easy, fire them all, you get everything. But if they do, share your profits fairly.
I'm curious to see how many solo billionaires will appear. My estimated guess: zero.