> it's even less likely I get the money I need to do so now. It is a perplexing aspect of reality that every situation can be read + or -. Looked at positively

> it's even less likely I get the money I need to do so now. It is a perplexing aspect of reality that every situation can be read + or -. Looked at positively, your idea is now validated by people betting money on it. This is something you include in your pitch to investors, and then also tell them you have had 8 years of deep thinking (did you?) about the business around the idea.