An immediate corollary: only pursue VC funding if you are either: a) rich, and you don't care about money, but you do care about making a dent in the world; or

An immediate corollary: only pursue VC funding if you are either: a) rich, and you don't care about money, but you do care about making a dent in the world; or b) young, and you don't care (yet) about money, but you want a very slight chance of going into the big leagues. Being both rich and young also helps a lot.