Thanks Porter, that really means a lot! I had a previous startup I worked on for 1.5 years on the side, and I think I would have met the expectations you menti

Thanks Porter, that really means a lot! I had a previous startup I worked on for 1.5 years on the side, and I think I would have met the expectations you mentioned with that. I've had more luck with Buffer, and I'm delighted to be working on it full-time with a great (still small) team around me. If it helps, here's a little more details on the transition from "on the side" bootstrapped to full-time (and funded). I worked "on the side" for about 5 months before going full-time. In that time I took it to ramen profitability and brought on board my co-founder Leo. We spent a further 5 months working full-time and bootstrapping it. In that time we jumped on a plane to San Francisco, and after 10 months total time we got into AngelPad incubator and got a little funding. Shortly after, we hired a good friend of mine as our first employee. So, 5 months "on the side", 5 months "full-time" (10 months bootstrapped), and then funded after that (but with good traction & revenue, we have found our scalable business model). I think this may be a good path for other first time founders to take, since it's hard to raise funding without a previous track record, but once you have traction it is much easier. Let me know if I can ever help with anything, I've followed you on Twitter :)