Should Your Startup Bootstrap or Raise Venture Capital?

Dalton Caldwell, Michael Seibel, 14 minute video

Video from Y Combinator. Watch on YouTube or in the YC Library.

What you'll get

Two YC partners say most businesses shouldn't raise venture capital, and explain why: venture money is built for companies that could return a hundred times or more. They count a profitable company that never needs investors as a win.

Do this week

Write down the size your company would need to reach for a venture investor to care, and whether you want to build that company.