There really isn't much to be concluded about startup people so much as the effects of link bait in general.

I appreciate the humour, don't get me wrong, but I'm just not sure this is 'proof' of anything [EDIT:] about startup people specifically.

That said, if I see an article titled "How our unscientific link bait experiment helped us raise $xxM" next week I'm not sure if I will laugh or cry.