Also, if you're a 25-30+ year old tech worker, and aren't financially incompetent, you probably have some savings and can use that as your seed funding instead of needing to join an accelerator.
That and the fact that you can bootstrap _most_ startups either by maintaining a full time job or consulting part time. The options for creating a tech business are endless but the Silicon Valley hive mind has done a good job of convincing a lot of people that you need to do it a very specific way.
Another niche worth targeting (that VCs wouldn't bother with) is a business that has potential revenue of $200k-$1M per year. That isn't the home run that VCs would want, but it is enough to support a team of 1-5 people.
