In defense, you can't bootstrap anything out of your bedroom on a minimal budget. Your sole client is the US (or some other) military and they have a procuremen

In defense, you can't bootstrap anything out of your bedroom on a minimal budget. Your sole client is the US (or some other) military and they have a procurement process and expect a level of maturity that just disqualifies startups with no funding. And, if you want to get funding from VCs, they're not neccessarily going to be interested, because military tech just won't have the kind of hockey stick growth they're hoping to ride on. TLDR: in startupland, everyone wants to get rich quick from their bedroom. It's mostly not feasible when selling things to the millitary.