Wow, this is exactly what I was saying with a recent comment of mine (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2330900 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2330900).

Wow, this is exactly what I was saying with a recent comment of mine (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2330900 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2330900). There's a wide continuum of successes in the startup world. VC's are interested in the funding the top end, but many devs would probably be satisfied by a much wider swath, that could include wholly bootstrapped operations.