I think a lot of people hope that they can start an company by bootstrapping it. They hope they can start a company without selling. At least without selling th

I think a lot of people hope that they can start an company by bootstrapping it. They hope they can start a company without selling. At least without selling themselves to VCs. I have this hope. In reality this hope in unrealistic, because capitalism requires capital. Very few businesses can realistically be bootstrapped. I think you are correct in your assessment that most of the people who’ve commented on this thread about not wanting to raise funds like this are unfit for reality. I myself wonder if I am fit for reality, and try to be realistic about the fact that I will need to raise money or risk jeopardizing what I’ve spent a long time working on. If you think finance and raising money like this are somehow beneath you, you’re unfit for this scene. This scene is all about selling yourself in the basest most vulgar ways to get capital so that you can engage in capitalism. ABC. Bootstrappers are the real unicorns.