Congrats. You are the exception, not the rule.
In my experience, people without a college degree and technology are worthless. And, unfortunately, I have more experience in that arena than I would like.
It's a cynical way of saying that completing college shows you are capable of taking on something and seeing it through to completion.
And it's absolutely true. Absent seriously special circumstances, I would not consider hiring someone without a college degree.
Any new technology is initially going to be affordable only by the wealthy. If we say we are not going to subsidize R&D for products for the wealthy, we are saying we are not going to subsidize R&D at all.
And if you can be sued, as a startup, it's game over. And no one will invest you because of the cloud of a lawsuit.
Seriously, SQL Injection is one of the simplest attack vectors to prevent. If you can't prevent SQL injection, you should not be allowed to write a web application.
Things are not as simple as they seems at first. - Edward Thorp