[adambratt]

I think you may have missed the point here. Her point was that there are way more revenue generating businesses that have become successful without VC funding than those that have taken VC funding. Granted the successful VC funded companies will almost always be more successful due to the very nature of VC.

Furthermore, most small businesses are local service based businesses. The average for profitable web small businesses is probably quite a bit higher than those as you have access to a much much larger market.