Within the world of startups, you'll find lots of discourse online about the experiences of founders bootstrapping their startup versus the founders who have raised venture capital to fund their company.

Is one better than the other? Truth is, it may not be so black and white. Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the virtues and struggles of both paths.

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Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00 - Coming Up
00:31 - Lopsided Issue
00:51 - Most Businesses
01:19 - It's Not Shark Tank
01:49 - VC is the Outlier
03:31 - Fake Argument
04:04 - A Bad Plan
04:26 - Many Paths
05:14 - Trillionaires
06:25 - Bootstrap Winners
07:46 - Stirring the Pot
08:37 - Why Seek VC?
10:06 - It's Not Personal
11:00 - What About ____ ?
12:36 - A Simple Game
13:40 - Outro