Yes, the actual product development takes a long time. But you're not even close to done when you have an actual product. Now you need to market/sell it (which

Yes, the actual product development takes a long time. But you're not even close to done when you have an actual product. Now you need to market/sell it (which hopefully you started doing while you were building it). And even when you have customers initially, it usually takes 2-4 years for you to build momentum, build trust, build a brand, such that the revenue becomes meaningful. It's almost impossible to go from $0 to 6 figures in revenue in a span of a year.