[technotony]

I think outsourcing the MVP is a great way to go in the current climate. Pitching for funding without a technical co-founder is impossible beyond a friends and family round, at least in the established startup hubs. It's also very hard to find a good technical partner without already having demonstrated some traction: this makes sense as good technical partners have many options and want to see that you can deliver the non-technical side of the business (40% of a company worth 0 is still 0!).

So in this context spending a little savings on an MVP is a great way to go, it lets you show traction to get the funding or technical partner and can be done by raising from friends/family or working nights at another job.