• We had no billing system until $600K ARR
• I was manually sending "fake" WhatsApp notifications to get paid
• Our "product demo" was a KeyNote animation with zero code behind it
We were literally broke multiple times.
2018 → Burned through $40K of my personal savings
2020 → About to go broke in 30 days
2021 → Technically broke when YC accepted us
Stop trying to look like you have your sh*t together.
Every founder is:
- Making it up as they go
- One customer away from disaster
- Putting out fires left, right, and center
If you're a founder feeling like everything's falling apart — congratulations.
You're doing it right.
The ones who look like they have it all figured out are either lying or about to fail.
Keep building.
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