I am now on my second business, and I am a student of lean startup...which by the way perpetuates this graph, not prohibits it.  lean startup would argue that you find product/market fit before capitalizing a company and paying yourself a salary.  this graph is a result of bootstrapping my first business, taking a half salary after capitalizing it with VC/Angel money, failing at that business, and now bootstrapping my new business until we can prove product/market fit and raise at a 3-4x step up in valuation (as well as prove to ourselves that this is worth replicating/scaling)...<p>I'm not having a bad day at all...I'm having a great day and time in life in general...I think you missed the point of the post...I sort of laugh when I look at this graph...money is just money my friend...