I agree. I see three DAG projects announced with fast lightning network, feeless and adding privacy based on Raiblocks Success. Hope someone succeed doing this. I been working since 6 months on one product myself but never thought of going in forums and asking for money until you have something to show in hand "Working Product".
If you are working on something and it seems promising, perhaps you can engage others in the community and see what two heads can come up with. Collaboration could really help.

Collaboration will add better performance, so it's better if anyone invites collaboration you need to approve it and immediately create something new.