Having money to start with makes a number of things much easier. It means fewer worries about what happens if it all goes south. It means being able to hire a l

Having money to start with makes a number of things much easier. It means fewer worries about what happens if it all goes south. It means being able to hire a lawyer up front. It means having a lot more runway for bootstrapping. Money doesn't solve every problem, obviously, but it helps with quite a lot.