If it's a enterprise play, then you should be able to close $50k-$2mil for a paid project engagement from an enterprise client just by having a good powerpoint deck and an awesome sales pitch.
If neither options works, then you probably need to refine the idea more.
You guys in SF bay can raise money without being in an incubator and without being live? Thanks a lot anyway
If it's too expensive it's not minimal enough. And if it can't be built (because it's too expensive) it's not viable at all.
If you can't attract anyone, probably either your idea sucks, you personally don't add any value, or the scope of your idea is starting too large.
Ask them for feedback.
1) if you can't convince someone to work with you to build this how will you convince customers to buy it?
2) if you believe in the idea enough, what's keeping you from learning to code?
2) I'm learning how to code, found it quite difficult from scratch, but the point is that without a team, my chances of finding an angel/VC to invest are really small even if I code it or pay someone to. Do you guys know any examples of successful startups where the founders were not friends?
Code the MVP yourself.
