After reading this review I had to post my comments. I totally agree with this and would love to participate in any events or meetings that help entrepreneurs swap ideas and help each other avoid major mistakes. I am an entrepreneur with an early stage company and I have been successfully bootstrapping the company todate. I believe in some cases venture capital is needed at some point in the company's history but from the get go I think its premature unless it can be justified. Remember the old school way was to build your company from scratch with nothing more than loans and grants. Many successfully accomplished this.