| I would not worry about what an accelerator tells you. I am a single founder and having sold one company, and failed at many others I can say that I have been successful. Subvert the dominant paradigm. Just build it and sell it like your life depends on it. It seems like you are equating success as "received venture capital" I can tell you that success =/= receiving venture capital. Success is defined by you. You already know this. You have a wife and four kids. I am sure you have more life experience than I. You are a builder and an innovator as an entrepreneur. By definition entrepreneurs find opportunity, create opportunity and build success based on those things. I would not worry about what a single accelerator has to say. They might have interesting credentials but the appeal of authority is far too alluring for entrepreneurs to ignore at times. My advice: Just go out and kick ass regardless of what the current cargo cult belief is. If you need help, find it where you can, outsource if need be. I recommend not outsourcing core product though. Make your own road. Just because three people say "don't do x" doesn't mean you shouldn't do x. It just means that they heard that they shouldn't do x somewhere and are disseminating that belief or, they failed at x and now advise against doing x rather than advising against experiencing their failure. If I listened to what other supposed "mentors" told me I would: Still be stuck in a small town working in a restaurant for minimum wage. Worry about employment. Worry about the opinions that others hold about me. Never have had hitchhiked all over the country and experienced what I experienced. Be broke and worrying about how to make ends meet. This is my opinion, take it as such or just ignore me. I have asked myself this same question and now when I think "can I really do this without help?" I just keep moving until I cannot do it without help... Then I find help. |