Lots of companies start with minimal capital infusions. The VC roulette is not the way that sustainable companies have been built, historically speaking. Atlass

Lots of companies start with minimal capital infusions. The VC roulette is not the way that sustainable companies have been built, historically speaking. Atlassian is a recent example of a bootstrapped tech company that IPO'd. I personally believe that in a fair world, the people actually producing the value would be allowed to collect most of it, and the people who grease the wheels would collect an appropriate gratuity. However, I acknowledge that we instead live in a world where the people with cash set the rules, and their interest is in preserving and growing their power (which means keeping themselves much richer than everyone else).