VC... I think, short of you being deep into ML that VC's are moot now. A small team, or a single person, can solve a problem and ship at low (real dollar) cost

VC... I think, short of you being deep into ML that VC's are moot now. A small team, or a single person, can solve a problem and ship at low (real dollar) costs. And keep those costs not only reasonable but tied to revenue. Solve the smallest problem you can. Finish a product. Figure out how to run it cheap. Figure out how to sell it. Grow all those other skills, and start something else at the same time (none of these are large). Think about having 6 small startups in the next year not one big one. Every one of those will generate questions, problems and targeted discovery and solutions. If they all break even, or buy you a dinner a month each then you did a good job. What your missing is experience and there is more than one way to get it!