TL;DR take a huge life risk; just don't forget to be both exceptional and successful! 99% of startups fail (a turn of phrase, not a real statistic AFAIK), and

TL;DR take a huge life risk; just don't forget to be both exceptional and successful! 99% of startups fail (a turn of phrase, not a real statistic AFAIK), and that is usually said in reference to those that do take VC money. Tell me: what happens when my bootstrapped startup fails?