They are followed by the ideas and suggestions of sixteen entrepreneurs who did start something - and made it work. I will provide you quotes from each of the sixteen, but I recommend you check out their stories for yourself. The skills that it takes to start a company are not the same skills that it takes to keep a company going.
Money is just money.
Who invests it is more important than how much is invested. What an outsider like me can bring to a young startup company is a mission to increase scale to an unbelievable level. The first people you hire form the DNA of the company, and that team will drive your valuation in the future. There has to be absolute enthusiasm about the idea behind the business. Once you're established, you have to go beyond business as usual.