> Often times, this is a one-time ask. You get money allocated once, so you better get enough to build the whole thing. You can't go back and say, "hey boss! lo

> Often times, this is a one-time ask. You get money allocated once, so you better get enough to build the whole thing. You can't go back and say, "hey boss! look what we got with the first $10k, can I have $10k more?" This is an area where software engineers who've made serious profits and turn around to become investors have an edge over traditional that do not understand the levels of risk involved with large software projects. Explaining the granularity in the types of risk that are involved is complicated to people that expect to write a check once and have a finished product come out of it.