"Great job David. I hear a common theme from most (not all) development shops that i have talked to. They all struggle to find enough time to do what they really want, which is to work on their own projects. Some do a better job at this than others (Invoke and Nitobi are great examples here in Vancouver) But of the majority, if they didn't have to work on client work, they could be out there building products that they own and turn into real businesses. Unfortunately it's not black or white. Both outside funded teams and "organically" funded teams are able to create great startups. As soon as we removed VC as a dependency to get a company off the ground, all sorts of viable models opened up. It's a great time to be alive." - Danny Robinson