(for everyone else) I know this sounds cynical, but it's just a "flashlight" at a lot of the reality that surrounds entire startup "ecosystems". Founders should be aware whether they want to choose the blue pill or the red pill.

The only point about bootstrapping is that there's no "natural" bootstrapping. You're either not bootstrapping because you "own" (one way or another) one of the sides, or you're faking it. Any other "strategy" is a pipe dream meant to get to the bootstrapping-not-bootstrapping graveyard.