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Bootstrapped the entire operation for three years before it started generating any revenue. Took about 5 months from turning on the monetization aspect before it broke even month to month...We're netting about $3k profit each month now.


"Profit" as in after everyone gets paid?


Yep, after everything is said and done...hosting, tools, developers, etc.


Including you though?


Everything I take out I consider profit. My day time job pays the mortgage and all the bills.

Each month I look at the revenue and determine an arbitrary amount to pull out for myself.


How were you able to bootstrap for 3 years? Were you consulting on the side?


This was our "night time and weekends" project. I still have a full time job.

FYI, I do not write code. We have three very part time developers building it.




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