There is institutional prejudice against "Solopreneurs". The notion is that if you are doing the business alone, then it must be something wrong with you. Like,

There is institutional prejudice against "Solopreneurs". The notion is that if you are doing the business alone, then it must be something wrong with you. Like, why didn't you attract any co-founders? Why you don't have a team behind you that supports you etc. etc. Basically they want to shoehorn outdated economic models onto emerging businesses and they way they operate. This is fuelled by the rich, who inherited their wealth and have no talents on their own, just want to get shares in "cool" things and appear in circle jerk magazines how they spotted this little company and took them to the next level etc. As solopreneur you are unlikely to get any grants and other government support too. There is always one question that shuts the conversation down: "What if you get hit by a bus?"