VC money, gives you capitol weight, and if you wanted to negotiate partner relationships as part of your business plan, the VC $$ will help demonstrate that you

VC money, gives you capitol weight, and if you wanted to negotiate partner relationships as part of your business plan, the VC $$ will help demonstrate that you can execute. If you are working on an app, that requires page views only, then you might be able to cost through on your own; but if you are building an app with a new model, you will need some time time to tweak things for your customer/ partner relationships before the dollars roll in.