My suggestion is this: Founders often underwhelm on paper, but knock it out of the park when in person. Network in your city with leadership of companies at any stage.
Example: Last month, I was just messing around with an idea, told my vision for it in 5 years to someone that works at a company that should do $400M revenue this year, $800M in 2 years. He had never met his CEO.... his CEO heard my thoughts and offered to FLY cross country out to meet me... someone who doesn't even work there.
Example: Last month, I was just messing around with an idea, told my vision for it in 5 years to someone that works at a company that should do $400M revenue this year, $800M in 2 years. He had never met his CEO.... his CEO heard my thoughts and offered to FLY cross country out to meet me... someone who doesn't even work there.