Please define "expensive". If it's a consumer app, hacking a wordpress template should only cost about ~$500.00 or hacking the sample projects from Parse.com can cost about ~$500.00-$1,000.
If it's a enterprise play, then you should be able to close $50k-$2mil for a paid project engagement from an enterprise client just by having a good powerpoint deck and an awesome sales pitch.
If neither options works, then you probably need to refine the idea more.
By expensive, I mean several thousands dollars which I can't afford, however I thought of Wordpress and thanks for Parse but as the product is kind of like Pinterest for news and meeting like-minded people, wordpress won't allow me enough personalization.
You guys in SF bay can raise money without being in an incubator and without being live? Thanks a lot anyway
1) Dennis Crowley supposedly searched for a cofounder for years before meeting Foursquares cofounder but I'm sure there are other examples.
2) I'm learning how to code, found it quite difficult from scratch, but the point is that without a team, my chances of finding an angel/VC to invest are really small even if I code it or pay someone to. Do you guys know any examples of successful startups where the founders were not friends?
the startup AL account: angel.co/intoo-1 ; joinintoo.com
I had a cto/cofounder which "resigned" for health reasons concerning his parents/wife and can hardly find another one.
The sketches on AL are more complicated than my MVP
If it's a enterprise play, then you should be able to close $50k-$2mil for a paid project engagement from an enterprise client just by having a good powerpoint deck and an awesome sales pitch.
If neither options works, then you probably need to refine the idea more.