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Lately I have that feeling that people tend to approach accelerators like they approach Santa: "Dear Santa, I have been a flibustier all my life, and I have a bright idea, and I am really really smart. So please help me get my dreams come true..." Does not work.
If you THINK your idea is something that has to be done.
Just go for it. Make it your mission and do whatever it takes to accomplish it. Once I met those guys from UK in Siberia riding their bikes. I asked em WTF? Well, they told me, they are on a mission to go around the globe on bikes.. Why? They had no clue, I had no idea, but they have done it. (Find em "tough miles") Thats what a start up is, it may be even tougher.
(thats actually SCARY. Coz you will NOT have support from your friends, family, spouse and any reasonable person (they'll think you're nuts)).
IF you do it anyway, sometime you'll KNOW it works (coz you have clients and revenue and the growth). Then YOU decide if you want to take the SHORTCUT or not.
Hope that helps. Listen to Iron Maiden - The Trooper. There is always a chance.
Sincerely, Mike
PS: I will just go on painting Cathedrals to get the funding. Incorporte in HK. And launch our mob.app for the guys like us in July 2015:)