It's all a matter of degree: virtually all successful companies take convertible debt, venture debt and other options along the way. We call ourselves bootstra

It's all a matter of degree: virtually all successful companies take convertible debt, venture debt and other options along the way. We call ourselves bootstrapped but the founders took no salaries, put in $100+K and took $200+K from angels to hit profitability with a team of 30 and signing up 12,000 companies.