huh. See, my experience has been like yours when talking to businesspeople... but technical people in silicon valley? as far as I can tell, most of them understand my business model, and think it makes more sense than trying to make the next myspace or whatever. I mean, yeah, I don't make a lot of money, and my business is worth a low-end condo, but it's pretty obvious how I make that money and how I could make more money.

I've been talking about starting a bootstrapper's group at the hacker dojo, something focused on those of us who are not focused on getting investment. 'cause like I said, the technical people understand what I'm doing, but it'd be interesting to talk to other people about the business side of my lifestyle business.