This rings true to me. I work at a young company outside California with plenty of revenue, no debt, employee owned. It was all started and run by older engi

This rings true to me. I work at a young company outside California with plenty of revenue, no debt, employee owned. It was all started and run by older engineers who knew their market. Nobody asked anything of the VC circus because the VC circus has literally nothing of value to offer such a company.