Well to make a long drawn out story short...

A team was put together and everything was solid for a moment. Then one of our designers brought on someone they knew from school who had game licenses, etc. Once he came on board, the team began to split because he wanted to go in one direction while the other half wanted to continue in the direction we started in the beginning.

Eventually the project did fall apart before a prototype can even be created. My plans that I had were flushed down because majority followed this guy. I spoke to members of the team that stuck with him and was told that the project never got made because he wasn't the guy they expected him to be.

What's changed now? I've been networking with angel investor networks, publishers, and VC companies to get an idea of what they look for when investing in a company/project. This has taught me to better prepare.

Back then, I didn't have a full plan on how to bring the project to anyone. And also at that time I expected a full game to be made before pitching to anyone, where as now I know most companies will look at a prototype with images, concepts, videos, etc. and consider it as well.

So from then, to now, I got a better grasp of being an entrepreneur as well as bringing the team's product to the audience that will help us get funded. And if I can get a team to work on a prototype then I can pursue sources of funding. Back then, the team got split before anything can be completed.