[herodoturtle]

> because who would trust an SSO created by one guy in his basement?

If you think you've got a good idea and a unique proposition - and your technical skills are up to scratch - then don't worry about starting out from your basement.

Have a look at Thawte Consulting - a certificate authority founded by Mark Shuttleworth in his parents' garage - which he later sold to Verisign for $575 million dollars:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawte

Starting a "high trust" business from one's basement is perfectly fine.

That being said, a far more important point is testing / validating the existence of an actual market for your product.

Whether you build your solution out of your basement or a lavish penthouse office is irrelevant.

The best and brightest team working out of swank office space will still fail if the market for their product doesn't exist.

Hope that helps :-)