Should you avoid angels, VCs or applying to an accelerator if you can monetize your startup early? – SaaStr

Well, yes, you should avoid raising money unless:

(x) you need it or

(y) it’s dirt cheap.

Look at Dell. Notwithstanding its current market challenges, Michael Dell himself still owns 80% of Dell worth $18.5 billion (see Dell Gets Bigger and Hewlett Packard Gets Smaller in Separate Deals). Atlassian never required any outside capital (wow) other than selling secondary shares later at a high valuation. Qualtrics did the same. 37 Signals, etc. Awesome.

But …