I'd scrap the startup on the short term, you won't get enough traction in the amount of time you have. Further, faceted search is built in to every website that

I'd scrap the startup on the short term, you won't get enough traction in the amount of time you have. Further, faceted search is built in to every website that sells laptops. So I'm not sure how viable that project is in the long term. Have you thought of getting a software dev job? The pay will easily get you there if you live frugally.