C'me.... with the age of EC2 and S3, there are no reason you cannot bootstrap the whole thing yourself? And there are tons of other ways to make money, if you

C'me.... with the age of EC2 and S3, there are no reason you cannot bootstrap the whole thing yourself? And there are tons of other ways to make money, if you are smart enough to build a startup. Surely is nice to have somebody written you a $10,000 check to start of with... but believe me, you will never forget the moment you received the first payment from the credit card gateway company. It is better if you can grow your business with your own money, if you have a choice.