PG advices people to get funds from VCs and whatnot. Actually he doesn't do it explicitly, he just sort of assumes it's the only thing to do; it's the default t

PG advices people to get funds from VCs and whatnot. Actually he doesn't do it explicitly, he just sort of assumes it's the only thing to do; it's the default thing to do! In pretty much the same way that the rest of the world (and many of our parents/family/friends) assume that getting a job is the only option we have after finishing college. By not applying to YC, you're saying that you can bootstrap yourself. http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch02_Fund_Yourself.php http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch02_Fund_Yourself.php