Nothing to see here. In general, being a cheater is much more efficient strategy than being a working drone, and, on the other side requires much less actual skills. This is why, for example, so many people struggling to create an appearance of competence and success, without actually possessing any appropriate skills or qualities. Their overconfidence sometimes fools simpleminded neighbors.<p>Creating an empty-shell companies based on buzzwords, bandwagon effect and spikes of mass hysteria in order to gain ballooned valuation via media campaigns and staged "acquisitions" is a normal practice nowadays. The nonsensical valuation of companies such as Zynga are canonical examples.<p>Using just appearance and media manipulations to create an association between few buzzwords, a brand and ignorant snap-judgement - "oh, that is a cloud virtualization mobile stock" or, you know, MongoDB - "instant gratification and productivity (of ignorant)" is a new-normal.<p>The exit strategy could be a fail fail due to "bad economy", while pocketing all the money, or, if lucky, sale to a bigger fool, but first one is much easier.