There can definitely be different psychological motivators at work IME: VC => we're building something big and I want to ride on the rocket ship; Bootstrap => W

There can definitely be different psychological motivators at work IME: VC => we're building something big and I want to ride on the rocket ship; Bootstrap => We're cultivating something that embodies part of me; I'm in the product. Of course there's always the other outcome where both of these are just jobs and you are not invested beyond that. Then there's no real difference beyond the economics.