Bootstrapped vs VC-funded? Option A please! Here's why I'm not crazy - another person (who is actually smart) has the same idea!

As someone who has helped lead a successful funding round for a VC-backed startup, I have a pretty good idea of what it takes to get a venture capital firm to buy into your vision and cut you a check.

Yet for my current project, Epilocal , I decided that I didn’t even want to go down that path. In fact, I ruled out VC funding from the moment I started.

This is not to say that I have anything against venture capital. I think that VC funds fill a necessary role, but that role is very specific. VCs exist to find and fund the businesses that need capital in order to compete in a huge market.