> it feels like every day I talk to someone who's never even considered bootstrapping to be an option It's mind-boggingly to me that this can be an option that

> it feels like every day I talk to someone who's never even considered bootstrapping to be an option It's mind-boggingly to me that this can be an option that people have never considered but I totally believe you. I've seen people have the "epiphany" that companies can spend revenue in much the same way they spend VC money. I guess their model is that only after that money is distilled into an up-and-to-the-right graph and put in front of VCs and they give you money do you actually get something you can spend.