Actually, the point about selling a bootstrapped venture was that you'd presumably do it early in your career (hence the low price) so it's an accomplishment fo

Actually, the point about selling a bootstrapped venture was that you'd presumably do it early in your career (hence the low price) so it's an accomplishment for the resume, the same way Stanford and HBS are. My argument was that Stanford and HBS acceptance in a lot of cases indicates a good test score, whereas selling a company shows you can execute... you've actually DONE something. I've met too many MBA's ("idea guys") who can't execute, or at best they can create 10% more value working from a base of hundreds of millions. But in general, I haven't seen too many create value from nothing. So that's what's different about exiting a bootstrapped venture.