> Soon after launch, we thought we were “doing great” — we’d raised $1M in VC funding pre-launch, we had a team of 5, we had ~$12k/month in revenue (with a 100%

> Soon after launch, we thought we were “doing great” — we’d raised $1M in VC funding pre-launch, we had a team of 5, we had ~$12k/month in revenue (with a 100% take-rate), and we had tens of thousands of users. In the context of the post's headline, I expected to see more than a five person company with about enough monthly revenue to maybe cover payroll for a mid-level developer in the Bay Area. This really doesn't seem "too far along" for anything early-stage.