Title: I&#x27;m browsing startups near my area and what I&#x27;m seeing are a lot of startups that are based on previous big ideas, just applied to a very niche market. Ideas that I&#x27;m sitting on the subway and thinking to myself, &quot;Hmm that&#x27;d be a cool idea&quot;, and then I discard it two seconds later. I have hundreds of ideas written down, and I am so quick to discard each and every one of them as silly because who the fuck would use any of these apps I came up with. Then I see the list of startups and what they are all about and I weep.<p>How do these companies get funding? Why do they get funding? A majority of these startups don&#x27;t have a very unique ideas and it doesn&#x27;t look like many are really making a difference or increasing wealth.<p>How do startups work? Do a lot of these just get initial funding, get an office, work on their stuff, and if it doesn&#x27;t succeed, it just shuts down?<p>I&#x27;m honestly a bit confused at how the startup scene works as I have a great idea and I&#x27;m pouring my blood, sweat, and tears into it. It&#x27;d be lovely to have a small team to work with and I&#x27;m wondering how do these people get SO MUCH funding? It seems that every second company I&#x27;m looking at has been funded through the roof.<p>I&#x27;m genuinely curious how it works as I&#x27;m trying to get my own business going. Can somebody shed some light into the process?
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