[streetcat1]

I give you my take.

1. VC funding is down, since there is not a lot of VC. VC get pitched by 2000 startups a year, and choose 2. I.e. getting a VC founding is actually an anomaly.

2. Right, this should be much higher. I.e. to be successful you should dig where the gold is, not where you want.

3. See my prev answer, there is no point in wasting time validating since the answer does not reflect reality. If you can get pre-orders than sure. but just hearing someone's opinion on something?

5. Why would you offer a free plan, do you get free housing?