I don't think it's as hard as many people are making it out to be. Not every company is going through huge growth phases super early on, and that's where the ne

I don't think it's as hard as many people are making it out to be. Not every company is going through huge growth phases super early on, and that's where the need for huge piles of VC cash right now on any terms comes from. If you keep your costs low by growing carefully and maintaining at least some revenue while also being very selective and careful about the investments you take I think a lot of companies can do just fine even without being 100% purely bootstrapped. There is an entire eco-system of startups outside the little typically SV/VC bubble where everyone is in it to disrupt everything and win big, there are tons of small companies growing at reasonable levels that will never be the next google or facebook. There's nothing wrong with a "mere" multi-million dollar company.