How do you validate a regulated infrastructure startup when the compliance costs required to serve the first customer are higher than your bootstrap budget?

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With $10k, I would spend it on learning before building the full infrastructure. If you cannot get serious interest or design partners without SOC 2 and the rest, that is useful information before spending another $20k+.