leaving aside the issues of 'privilege' for a moment, I think you might have something of a point; I'm watching one of my friends start a startup that will al

leaving aside the issues of 'privilege' for a moment, I think you might have something of a point; I'm watching one of my friends start a startup that will almost certainly crash and burn because he's writing all his business plans to say what he thinks the investors want to hear, rather than coming up with a workable plan. It'd be quite difficult to answer this question in a scientific manner, but I bet that large investments kill more businesses than they help (vs. bootstrapping)