[Don Plumley]

You don't need to buy servers. From Amazon ECC to any number of hosting providers, you can rent this until you decide you "have" to own the hardware.

Real investors (i.e. VC's) won't sign NDA's. They have no reason to as their business is to give money to people to make ideas work. Plus they've found there are few truly "unique" ideas.

Spend 30 minutes and write up a quick financial projection - revenue model, startup costs, breakeven analysis. Then double the costs and triple the timeline for revenue. That's the step from idea to business.

Good luck.