If you have 50k in the bank that is not small change for a startup. That is plenty for you to show off your skills and get things going. Just because they have

If you have 50k in the bank that is not small change for a startup. That is plenty for you to show off your skills and get things going. Just because they have 8 mil and can hire a ton of people, does not necessarily mean they will be able to execute at your speed. They may have countless discussions, meetings, changes, upgrades, etc... that keep them from releasing product. I've built stuff in a few days with a friend that some companies can't build in 2 months due to the endless meetings and other such nonsense. Focus on your users and give them what they ask for and remember this: To an end user Yahoo and mydinkysite.com look the same, they have no idea if there are 13,000 people backing it or just you. 10,000 servers or a shared hosting account. All you need to do is give them what they want better than the competition. You can buy/rent a lot of talent in the valley, but you can't buy is domain knowledge acquired by talking to your users! Engage them and they will give you ideas that are will give you an edge.