[ArtWomb]

Yeah, I was just talking to someone who had approx $250K in savings, and another $250K in seed capital. Additionally, they would easily qualify for another $250K in credit financing if desired.

The upshot is: they will probably take a bigger risk. Targeting enterprise grade hardware, rather than consumer internet. But in no way would I construe that as translating into a higher TAM, or probability of success, or ability to execute.

I feel incredibly blessed by my own position. Being able to bootstrap on little more than allotted cloud credits.

And to be honest you can start with less. There are people sourcing orders without a product first via pre-sales commitments. You can even get by without a landing page if there is already inherent market demand. An email address, a phone number, a side deck on google docs. Very little is required to begin testing your ideas immediately.

Best of Luck ;)