[TaylorAlexander]

I didn’t say no route to get investor money back - but some things require a large capital investment to get started. Are you suggesting everything worth doing can be bootstrapped?

[quickthrower2]

The fusion example is extreme. That sort of thing needs government funding.

But say you want to make a new gadget, yeah you would find it hard to bootstrap unless you are already a multimillion dollar company.

[spacecadet]

Even gadgets can be bootstrapped, I have several toys I could productize tomorrow that cost me very little to prototype.

[TaylorAlexander]

Sure I’m bootstrapping a small toy now. But to suggest that every single business idea worth building right now can be bootstrapped - I don’t see it.

[pyb]

Why not ? Boostrapping + Kickstarter for instance is a well trodden path at this point.

[quickthrower2]

I didn’t consider kickstarter. Good point.