I think the Founder's stake simply wasn't properly spent.

Most of the reference there was to those that got votes from the ninjamine, plenty of those folks still here doing things to insure that we don't succeed, nor fail to quickly.

Until that malign influence leaves the positions of power, it's unlikely for us to see any success.
Barring any coded breakthroughs I'm unaware of.
The right dapp could moonshot us.