Ignoring the fact that this board is quite a good tech board, there are loads of reasons to work for a startup while not caring about startups. A professional

Ignoring the fact that this board is quite a good tech board, there are loads of reasons to work for a startup while not caring about startups. A professional needs domain knowledge even if he's not particularly fussed with the whole run-your-own-company thing. I work for a start up that's almost entirely bootstrapped. Certainly no VC or "professional" investment.