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Part of me thinks that contingent on your ability to pass gatekeepers "Work for AppAmaGooFaceSoft for ~10 years" is probably surer, but a huge thing to recommend about this strategy is it requires no one's permission.
I built and sold two SaaS companies, and the supermajority of the economic value was built a) before anyone on the Internets knew who I was and b) requiring no Yes from anybody other than a customer (or, I suppose, a tax agency, but their Yes are mostly "Yes, we got that return")
"Where'd you get the money to start?"
Credit cards. Mostly, other people's.
Credit cards. Mostly, other people's.
"Is there a non-trolling way to phrase that?"
It cost ~$60 to get a website set up back in the day to the point where I could successfully sell a thing that existed to customers for money. After that point, funded the business almost entirely through revenue.
It cost ~$60 to get a website set up back in the day to the point where I could successfully sell a thing that existed to customers for money. After that point, funded the business almost entirely through revenue.
"Almost?"
Definitely have a credit card and a line of credit if you can get it. Cash flow management in a small business is non-trivial; they're great, great things to have.
Definitely have a credit card and a line of credit if you can get it. Cash flow management in a small business is non-trivial; they're great, great things to have.
