Why you shouldn't join Y Combinator
If you build a business that makes 500k a year, which can be done with 30-50 customers for saas selling for 10-15k, you can sell the business and retire. Even at 250k a year, you have an asset that could change your financial life for good.<p>If you raise VC money, the above scenarios are considered a failure. You will have to shutdown&#x2F;get acquired for nothing. You have to shoot for the moon to get massive ARR, that very very few companies ever hit.<p>It’s really about the level of success needed to have a financial windfall, and bootstrapping is way lower for that.