No, that's exactly wrong. Go start your company and get your funding as fast as you can. Then hold onto it. When the inevitable dip (or "pop", for the zealou

No, that's exactly wrong. Go start your company and get your funding as fast as you can. Then hold onto it. When the inevitable dip (or "pop", for the zealous) comes, that's when you use that money to hire some recently-out-of-work engineers for cheap.