That's indeed what I understand. And in that case, if you believe in your business, statistically, it's a much larger chance your dream will tank when going for

That's indeed what I understand. And in that case, if you believe in your business, statistically, it's a much larger chance your dream will tank when going for a VC. Which does convince me, as I said, that people going for VCs, don't see this as something too important in their life, just something they try and see what happens. Can say whatever bad about Musk (and I do these days) be he seems to be (used to be?) different in that regard. Most would've just given up after a few years and few 100m$. And most do. The world changers won't hang their dream on a practical 15/1 VC. It's not necessarily better to be one or the other, I just don't like people who work solely for the money. And people scamming VCs (who want to be scammed) are not people I choose to hang with, even though I met quite a few.