The funny thing is, this startup isn't that young. It's 12 years old. Someone basically gave a completely inexperienced founder tens of millions of dollars and over a decade to run an R&D lab.
Oh wow good point, that's never happened before... /sarcasm To your point, longevity does not equal success. Twelve would make it 2003.. Before Facebook. Before the huge boom. Twelve years is a long time to be a "startup".