If your company makes 50K/year profit (which as a bootstrapped founder is what you take home to live with), you haven't created half a million of net worth, you

If your company makes 50K/year profit (which as a bootstrapped founder is what you take home to live with), you haven't created half a million of net worth, you've just created a company that might or might not make it 2-3 years down the line, and which might not be that better than a salaried position from a "net worth creation" perspective.