Comment by DoreenMichele

The not wanting to work alone for a year to bootstrap makes me want to find about $600k so I can pay a designer and two other devs to work on the software with me for 12-18 months.

Find a designer and two other devs to act as cofounders instead of employees. Pay them in equity. Find an accelerator and/or grant or work from someone's garage or basement or what have you.