How averse to raising funding later are you? My advice would be to develop which ever idea you think is best, don't worry about advertising revenue now, and then try to raise funding. Then you'll get a salary to support the fam. Don't get me wrong, I'm not opposed to startups going the self-funded route and pursuing revenue from the get go, but that's almost impossible with ads. If you really don't want to raise mone…
One thing to keep in mind about raising funding: It's often harder to raise funding than actually building a product/company, and much less fun.
That is so true.