Uh, I think microbusinesses may be more oriented towards "making a difference" than some businesses that go the V.C. route.
It would be unfair to tar all V.C. funded companies with the same brush, because many of them really are trying to create something awesome and make a splash in the world. However, when times get bubbly, people come out of the woodwork who are more concerned with making a fast exit than they are in building a business.
Whereas, if you're bootstrapping a microbusiness, you need to find some market where you're making something somebody is willing to pay for right away, so you're definitely "making a difference" for somebody, even if you're not changing the world.
It would be unfair to tar all V.C. funded companies with the same brush, because many of them really are trying to create something awesome and make a splash in the world. However, when times get bubbly, people come out of the woodwork who are more concerned with making a fast exit than they are in building a business.
Whereas, if you're bootstrapping a microbusiness, you need to find some market where you're making something somebody is willing to pay for right away, so you're definitely "making a difference" for somebody, even if you're not changing the world.