The cost of starting a software company and the cost of starting a "successful" software company could vary greatly. I am not having a dig at these guys, I hav

The cost of starting a software company and the cost of starting a "successful" software company could vary greatly. I am not having a dig at these guys, I have no idea their level of success. The main thing that struck me was $20 on advertising. One of the biggest problems startups have is traction, some money to spend on advertising goes a long way to help with this. I am sure you can create a startup very cheap these days, but how much do your chances of success increase by having an extra $10,000 or $20,000, that would be much more interesting. I suspect there are many startups that ran out of capital and couldn't get off the ground because of it, even though their idea and execution was good. I personally think you need to make sure you have enough capital to get started if you are going to have a real shot at success.