> because who would trust an SSO created by one guy in his basement? If you think you've got a good idea and a unique proposition - and your technical skills a

> because who would trust an SSO created by one guy in his basement? If you think you've got a good idea and a unique proposition - and your technical skills are up to scratch - then don't worry about starting out from your basement. Have a look at Thawte Consulting - a certificate authority founded by Mark Shuttleworth in his parents' garage - which he later sold to Verisign for $575 million dollars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawte Starting a "high trust" business from one's basement is perfectly fine. That being said, a far more important point is testing / validating the existence of an actual market for your product. Whether you build your solution out of your basement or a lavish penthouse office is irrelevant. The best and brightest team working out of swank office space will still fail if the market for their product doesn't exist. Hope that helps :-)