[snoonan]

What we find most appealing is the rapid initial launch framework. The growth is really just growing into our pants. It's not startup growth, rather comfortable small business growth. A million or two a year in revenue if we execute right.

The VC path is not attractive for us or for them since there's probably no exit. That doesn't mean we don't see the strong benefits of the initial huge push and mindset that accelerators foster. Make sense?

[rikacomet]

What you need ask is, what good is the "boost" money, if there won't be 10-20 million in sales (or even more)?

by taking money on what-so-ever terms or SUPPOSE you magically find a lot of it somewhere, you are only fixing the supply side of things, not the demand.

If the demand is there, as you supposedly make it out to be, why can't in this day and time, you reach customers more rapidly then you are right now? (and is there a genuine short-cut? at all??) This is the question you should be asking yourself.

so in short, how can money help fix that?

In my opinion you are facing a few natural doubts, but the main problem is that there are two closely knit issues, instead of one. You have to treat the questions: WHAT MONEY? & HOW SPEND IT? separately.

Sorry, I know your question "seems" more about factual parts, but I believe that, from the way you put it, you have some intellectual parts as well that need to be sorted out.

[snoonan]

We are bootstrapping, so there's no interest in money or outside investment. That's not the spirit of the question -- more to do with the huge productivity and motivational effects around an accelerator-style launch.