I'm going to talk about geography because other people are giving good advice in other regards:
Can you move to a startup friendlier environment? Even by taking another job and working nights/weekends/lunch hours on your startup?
Tony Hsieh is doing awesome things in Vegas and it's not nearly as expensive to live there as Silicon Valley, San Francisco, LA, NYC, etc.
Create a really good plan, come up with a simple proof of concept and reach out to the incubators? Hell, Reach out to Tony to see if it's worth the move.
You'll want to have something concrete to reach out with before you do so. Execution is everything, ideas are just vaporware. Once you've shown commitment by building/executing, your inquiries will get a lot more respect and attention.
Being in a place where people value and are enthusiastic about startups will make a huge difference to you.
If you can't move DO NOT GIVE UP. I totally understand having a family or a mortgage or a spouse who isn't into moving, etc.
Building your product is more instructive and can be more entertaining than watching TV or going to a movie or whatever else you do to pass free time. You're making yourself better at what you do by expanding your horizons in this way.
I have been very successful working with distributed teams. Take a look at Automattic (wordpress.com) a company that has zero requirement on where you are geographically, provided you can do your job well.
Start building, launch a minimum viable product. If you feel the need for more help use what you've built to inspire collaborators. Don't be afraid to bootstrap if that is your only recourse:
Can you move to a startup friendlier environment? Even by taking another job and working nights/weekends/lunch hours on your startup?
Tony Hsieh is doing awesome things in Vegas and it's not nearly as expensive to live there as Silicon Valley, San Francisco, LA, NYC, etc.
Create a really good plan, come up with a simple proof of concept and reach out to the incubators? Hell, Reach out to Tony to see if it's worth the move.
You'll want to have something concrete to reach out with before you do so. Execution is everything, ideas are just vaporware. Once you've shown commitment by building/executing, your inquiries will get a lot more respect and attention.
Being in a place where people value and are enthusiastic about startups will make a huge difference to you.
If you can't move DO NOT GIVE UP. I totally understand having a family or a mortgage or a spouse who isn't into moving, etc.
Building your product is more instructive and can be more entertaining than watching TV or going to a movie or whatever else you do to pass free time. You're making yourself better at what you do by expanding your horizons in this way.
I have been very successful working with distributed teams. Take a look at Automattic (wordpress.com) a company that has zero requirement on where you are geographically, provided you can do your job well.
Start building, launch a minimum viable product. If you feel the need for more help use what you've built to inspire collaborators. Don't be afraid to bootstrap if that is your only recourse:
http://37signals.com/bootstrapped
Email me (check my profile) if there's anything I can do to help. ;)