I'm bootstrapping now and growing organically (as well as keeping the site invite-only to handle scaling slower) and it's been an interesting ride. I know if I

I'm bootstrapping now and growing organically (as well as keeping the site invite-only to handle scaling slower) and it's been an interesting ride. I know if I could bring on a business/marketing person I could take it to a VC and really start hammering away at it, but I've also gotten past MVP-stage on my own and the service is profitable and steadily growing (aside from fully covering my living expenses) and I have no loans out for the company / debt-free. I keep getting a stage later than I thought I would on my own, so I dunno ... I'm a software person not looking to run a business but work on my own products/services. There's definitely an ego portion involved I think, but definitely less so than my worry about raising VC debt and losing control of "my baby". At some point I will have to say "this is where someone else more experienced takes over" and I think that day is quickly coming ... so long as I can work on the technical side / features, I think I'm ok with that ... I could not see myself being a CEO because it's just not that interesting to me.