Dear dumb entrepreneurs who want to raise VC: bootstrap instead. VC forces you into a 'go big or go home' strategy. There's nothing wrong with going big, but just do it the patient, more sustainable way. And then you never need to worry about the points made in these articles. You just get to sit back and laugh at them while you're owning and running your own business.

P.s. there is a time and place where big time capital is necessary to start but most of those businesses aren't reading HN.