> Why without VC? Outside capital injection is important for most businesses, and it doesn't make sense to avoid it on principle A tiny fraction of businesses

> Why without VC? Outside capital injection is important for most businesses, and it doesn't make sense to avoid it on principle A tiny fraction of businesses that are started are suitable for VCs. Most businesses aren't unicorns and serve markets that don't make sense for typical VC scale investing. Furthermore, there is a lot of advice for people on the VC track, there isn't a lot for folks who want to bootstrap or mostly bootstrap their Sass. Many people would rather not make all the tradeoffs VC money requires. This is where Rob offers a lot of good advice. This is basically Rob's niche (although he encourages people to go VC if that's what is needed). > This feels just like those "self help" and "how to succeed at business" books that have no substance whatsoever; how is this any different? Rob has been giving tactical advice for over 15 years on Start-Ups for the Rest of Us (almost 500 episodes I think?). It is one of the few podcasts I've found with consistently actionable advice for founders. He also runs TinySeed (an accelerator for bootstrapped or mostly bootstrapped startups), so he sees numerous founders succeed and fail. His perspective is pretty unique. > At first glance, it seems like the classic saying: those who can, do; those who can't, teach. The stock pickers on CNBC are on CNBC precisely because they can't pick stocks; if they could, they'd be making millions at a hedge fund. Walling has had many successful exits including a multi-million dollar payday, so I'm not sure what you're talking about. > He just feels so incredibly self-centered, like he has all the answers. It feels like an outgrowth of the hustler culture and I don't like it. Based on your comments, it feels to me like you're not at all familiar with his work. He is one of the few people who I have found to truly just wants to help folks succeed, and provide battle tested advice about how to get there. You could not be further from the truth regarding hustle culture. He talks a lot about how he lived the four-hour workweek with a "Lifestyle Business" and the types of businesses that can get you there (if that's your goal). Considering what he's accomplished, there is remarkably little ego in Rob to my mind. It feels very much like you read some copy, had a visceral reaction for some reason, and made a bunch of assumptions based on that initial reaction.