This reminds me of the claim that the NIH discovers most drugs in the US.
It is true that the NIH conducts basic research that often identifies biologic targets, but there is a huge difference between discovering a lead compound and actually bringing it to market. That difference is about $1B. That money has to come from somewhere and the free market is a great place to get it.
Steve Blank's "Secret History of Silicon Valley" [1] reveals just how heavily the Silicon and other semiconductors in Silicon Valley depended on DoD funding, and SV likely wouldn't be where it is without that funding. Parenthetically, 'Secret History' is also just plain fun and fascinating to watch.
The plumbing of the internet exists because of DoD's ARPA (now DARPA) project to connect and share expensive computing resources.
Entrepreneurs may be part of the equation, but ignoring the significant government role in the technology we have seems likely to lead to wrong conclusions.
[1] http://steveblank.com/secret-history/ [2] "Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet ", Katie Hafner