One other advantage of buying family run bootstrapped businesses is that they're too small to trip antitrust scrutiny. There are entire industries whose driving

One other advantage of buying family run bootstrapped businesses is that they're too small to trip antitrust scrutiny. There are entire industries whose driving consolidation force is a handful of PE firms buying up old family businesses and running them into the ground. Things like funeral homes, dental offices, and the like. Yes, I did learn about this from Cory Doctorow, why do you ask?