I am not an expert but was in your shoes a few years ago so check and think on what I say.
The best chance of success will come from having more development time. So don't spend your money. You could also find partners, but make sure there is a peaking order (one of the founders has a plurality). So join someones existing project or sweat enough over your own that other founders would be willing to join at a lesser cut.
I would not register a business. Waste of money (dev time). You can wait till there are other founders or you have revenue and want a tax advantage. Assuming you are in the US you default to a sole proprietorship under your name anyhow, so no worries there. If you want a cool sounding name you file for a "Doing Business As" <cool name" for under ten bucks and ten minutes of your time.
I would not using the big cloud providers. Waste of money. Run it on k8s/VM/Container on your desktop or your PI till you have users or use free tier services.
I would not hire. At 20k the best bang for the buck would be your time.
I would not move. Again, costs. If you want to meet people you already seem to have a knack for it. :)
Also, hunter321 and yuppie_scum are wise men, hahaha, and I don't see any bad advice on this page. Add a contact to your about and I would be happy to chat.
The best chance of success will come from having more development time. So don't spend your money. You could also find partners, but make sure there is a peaking order (one of the founders has a plurality). So join someones existing project or sweat enough over your own that other founders would be willing to join at a lesser cut.
I would not register a business. Waste of money (dev time). You can wait till there are other founders or you have revenue and want a tax advantage. Assuming you are in the US you default to a sole proprietorship under your name anyhow, so no worries there. If you want a cool sounding name you file for a "Doing Business As" <cool name" for under ten bucks and ten minutes of your time.
I would not using the big cloud providers. Waste of money. Run it on k8s/VM/Container on your desktop or your PI till you have users or use free tier services.
I would not hire. At 20k the best bang for the buck would be your time.
I would not move. Again, costs. If you want to meet people you already seem to have a knack for it. :)
Also, hunter321 and yuppie_scum are wise men, hahaha, and I don't see any bad advice on this page. Add a contact to your about and I would be happy to chat.