I gave up on VCs because I hate the entire experience of raising money and being beholden to someone. It's exhausting, for a start, and takes away so much time

I gave up on VCs because I hate the entire experience of raising money and being beholden to someone. It's exhausting, for a start, and takes away so much time from building a product. I just took my idea list and erased everything that needed VC money. All ideas need some money to launch, and sadly some of the best ideas need a ton of money to launch. Ask yourself - do I have a simpler idea I can build first to make enough money to launch the thing I really want to do?