Nope, because: (engineer * number of engineers) - (average monthly payment * number of customers) < 0 An engineer's salary at a small startup is at the very l

Nope, because: (engineer * number of engineers) - (average monthly payment * number of customers) < 0 An engineer's salary at a small startup is at the very least $50,000, let's just round that down to $5,000 a month, so how long do you think it would take you to reach $15,000 a month in recurring revenue at what are probably $5 a month plans (this does not include any other costs such as office, servers etc). That's about 3,000 users. And that's just to pay a very poor salary with no other kind of expenses.