There are tens of thousands of bootstrapped companies that have had 10M "exits" when the founder ultimately decided to sell...after years of profits.
There have only been a few VC backed companies that had billion dollar exits...only a few dozen that have even had profitable exits...which is about the same number of VC backed companies that have actually achieved profitability (but there is little overlap between these two groups)
Bootstrapped companies are more likely to survive, and thrive, than VC-backed companies. You just don't here about them much because they've got realistic business plans, and that's not sexy to read about.
There have only been a few VC backed companies that had billion dollar exits...only a few dozen that have even had profitable exits...which is about the same number of VC backed companies that have actually achieved profitability (but there is little overlap between these two groups)
Bootstrapped companies are more likely to survive, and thrive, than VC-backed companies. You just don't here about them much because they've got realistic business plans, and that's not sexy to read about.