> Merit's not a part of it.
If you are good enough to build something people want, skip VCs and get paid directly from users.
If you are good enough to build something people want, skip VCs and get paid directly from users.
What michaelochurch seems to ignore is that it is now so easy and cheap to start alone and without investment something with a non zero probability that people will want. It's not easy - I am trying to do that, so far unsuccessfully - but definitely doable, by renting a cheap VM from Digital Ocean or Amazon and start making a web app, or putting a mobile app in the App Store or Play Store.