But on the other hand it makes me feel like I'm looking at the equivalent of a popular Instagram model. It's hard to not compare myself and feel disappointed.
HN doesn't inspire me to do something with my life like it did 10 years ago. Perhaps it's my fault.
My guess is that businesses like mine are more common than VC funded ones but we only get to see VC funded ones because that's what the news covers.
But the bootstrapping community is filles with its own kind of people.
Not much overlap.
Dozens of us!
Where do you talk?
I only tried IndieHackers and there were too much "hustlers" for my taste.
What would it take to create a bootstrapper community that doesn't attract hustlers.