I think it&#x27;s a great article for first-time founders as well. It is extremely fashionable right now to raise a shit-ton of money early on. Too many novices think that&#x27;s basically the only way companies happen.<p>I agree that bootstrapping is easier for people with capital. But hopefully nobody is starting a company without at least some money in the bank. That means that everybody starting out should be asking, &quot;Is there some way we can get to revenue with what we have?&quot; Mentoring at events, I&#x27;ve seen companies get revenue literally in the first weekend of their existence, so it&#x27;s not impossible even on very modest budgets.<p>Even if the answer is &quot;no&quot;, I think that strongly considering it helps people build better businesses. There&#x27;s a terrible tendency for people to delay contact with the market until they&#x27;re &quot;ready&quot;, but nobody is ever ready for that, not the first time.