I think I should have phrased my comment better. I’m not opposed to the idea of raising funds to grow a company, but the way that it’s usually done today. In particular: the people that the money needs to be raised from (VCs) seem to not be the kind of down to earth engineers that I love and respect, and the process itself involves a lot of marketing fluff that I find off putting.

I am willing to accept that, it may not be possible to have such a process. Perhaps to succeed in the “real world” you absolutely need to be fantastic at marketing and pitching.

I’m trying to describe what a process would look like that I personally would find enjoyable to work with, ignoring the reality of what might actually be required.