Thanks, I appreciate this. My main motivation for starting my own business is to be independent. From what I've seen of management at companies that accept inve

Thanks, I appreciate this. My main motivation for starting my own business is to be independent. From what I've seen of management at companies that accept investor money, it's not at all an independent lifestyle. Whereas at a bootstrapped company the management can do much more of what they want (for better or for worse). If you can bootstrap with $2000 in the bank, that's awesome. But I'm more traditional with money and would heed the "three years' worth of expenses saved up" mantra before quitting my job to start a business.