[staunch]

I was suggesting the reason more people (especially non-technical people like the author) don't have successful startups.

But it's also true that creating something like Twitch is nearly impossible without funding. They could not have bootstrapped it for 5 years because it was/is not profitable, even though it might be a great long-term business.

[idlewords]

There are many more self-sustaining business ideas out there than are being explored today, mostly for cultural reasons.

For every slow-burn success like Twitch there are likely a hundred niche businesses that could earn a modest profit immediately, but are not large enough to interest funding parties or starry-eyed founders.