Does it take at $1M to build something interesting? [Video]

The video is a reaction to the meme that a group of college kids can whip up an interesting product in a few days over spring break. I agree that this kind of thinking has gone overboard. However, I disagree that it takes $1M to build something interesting.

I have built software services that others have categorized as premium services. In just a few months of my time as a lone developer, I created 3 distinct business implementations of a single core technological development. Each of those has attracted enough attention that I have a pilot implementation either started or on the verge of starting. I think this qualifies as interesting and I funded myself to the tune of tens of thousands a very long ways from $1M.

What I am finding though is that the process of market testing and development is where I could really use the money. Spending a million on visual design, UX/UI, marketing collateral, advertising and 2 or 3 top notch enterprise sales guys would tell me whether these products I have built are really viable as businesses or whether they were merely interesting.