It's all interdependent, investors without workers and customers would never make money, workers without someone with capital injection to start the business would not have places to be employed at.

Most of the value was generated by labour though, not by investments, do you agree? There's no value generated by a pile of cash somewhere, you need someone to do something so it can increase in value somehow.

Of course it’s interdependent.

> Most of the value was generated by labour though, not by investments, do you agree?

Not sure how this seems logical to you. Both components are required, so you can’t really compare numerically.

Given how many people start and fund successful businesses from the ground up, versus how many people have successful careers, it seems clear to me that the start is by far the hardest part.

This lines up with my experiences as an employee, investor, and entrepreneur.

Both components are required but as much as you want to start a business if you don't have labour to actualise the idea/business, ramp it up, etc. you simply don't have a business. There's no value without labour, that's a given not much up for discussion.

The start can be the hardest part but it's definitely not where most of the value comes from, that's what I'm saying.