&gt; 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&#x2F;month in revenue (with a 100% take-rate), and we had tens of thousands of users.<p>In the context of the post&#x27;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.<p>This really doesn&#x27;t seem &quot;too far along&quot; for anything early-stage.