Specific feedback on GoDaddy / Rackspace
Travis: For SSL, you generally need a dedicated IP address, not a dedicated host.  Newer versions of the protocol allow for multiple SSL certs on a single IP, but most places don't do that.  If you have only 1 SSL cert, you probably are fine.Godaddy's servers are highly variable in performance.  So you may have periods where your site is unusable.As a bootstrapped startup, you presumably have SOME money.  I wouldn't use Godaddy just because they're cheapest, though -- spend your money on hosting before anything, as your website is your product.  And as google reminds us, your website's performance is also part of your product.