[JonnieCache]

>I found this really interesting since StackExchange took the opposite view and raised a ton of cash.

I think it's good that there are some successful people out there who are questioning the dogma that ambition is the superlative human trait, that it is somehow wrong to not grow everything as much as possible, or that this should be an end in itself. Good luck to them.

[lemming]

This. I love Ravelry (only conceptually, I don't actually use it) because they provide a wonderfully human element to the usual tech success story. They basically built something they love for the love of doing it, and I find that much more inspiring than any amount of VC or traction.