About 5, to break ice with that intimidation, you can approach that world with less expectations and just approach to ask VCs and analysts "opinion". Ask them f

About 5, to break ice with that intimidation, you can approach that world with less expectations and just approach to ask VCs and analysts "opinion". Ask them for advice and see what comes. No expectations, just casual genuine curiosity on how they would perceive your investing opportunity. At the same time, don't feel like you have to be too agreeable either. If you have a path to profit that doesn't include investors, then that's the best thing: you incorporated potentially good advice for free, kept equity and potentially opened a door for friendship with investors that in the future might become more valuable for you. Solopreneur are my heros, I've tried a couple of things, is hard as f*ck.