Survivorship bias is a problem in science, too, IIRC. Eg, "I looked for evidence that eating onions causes cancer and found nothing" doesn't get published, but

Survivorship bias is a problem in science, too, IIRC. Eg, "I looked for evidence that eating onions causes cancer and found nothing" doesn't get published, but the "successful" study does. I remember hearing of efforts to make researchers state their intended research up front and publish the result either way. Similarly, shouldn't business schools should be eager to do studies following new businesses, bootstrapped and funded, and analyzing their success or failure? YC and bootstrapping communities could provide a lot of interviews if they wanted to. (This seems obvious and has probably been done.)