OP says that hitching a ride is the SAFEST by far. Maybe starting something is not for everyone and I think most people on HN would encourage someone to 'go for

OP says that hitching a ride is the SAFEST by far. Maybe starting something is not for everyone and I think most people on HN would encourage someone to 'go for it' if they think they have it in them. But the reason that I wanted to respond is to point out the difference between convincing investors to invest and building a rocketship yourself. These are completely different things. Convincing an investor buys a little time for a company to form and a product to develop. The company needs to prove, prove, prove to get to a rocketship stage.