There seem to be some false dichotomies here that are based on some hidden underlying assumption. I would recommend reading [1] to try and unriddle some of them

There seem to be some false dichotomies here that are based on some hidden underlying assumption. I would recommend reading [1] to try and unriddle some of them. As a general idea, there is no secret behind VC and there never has been. To attract money, you need to either provide something that's already valuable or something that has promise of being more valuable in the future. [1] http://paulgraham.com/lesson.html http://paulgraham.com/lesson.html