> Ah, so you think Venture Capital should categorically not exist and everyone should bootstrap. Not at all that extreme, I was just bringing attention to the

> Ah, so you think Venture Capital should categorically not exist and everyone should bootstrap. Not at all that extreme, I was just bringing attention to the fact that VC funded startups get most (all?) of the talk of the town, making them almost ubiquitous, where the reality is that they are just one of the ways to start and run a business. In particular, none of these 'advice' posts we've seen lately here on HN and elsewhere seem to acknowledge the existence of 'non raising funds' startups which is basically what I objected to in the original comment.