I tried to make it clear in my previous post that I'm not passing judgment on your choice of living on your money, however your response seems to indicate that you are upset.  If I have offended you, I apologize, that was not my intention.<p>I have been down the "take the plunge" route before, as I alluded in my earlier comment.  I watched my savings dwindle and ultimately had to wind down the startup after 3 and a half long years.  So while I don't expect you to understand my point of view, your comment comes across as overly general and fairly inflammatory.<p>I am a long time follower of Steve Blank.  I own and have read Four Steps to the Epiphany several times.  He makes it clear in the book, and it is alluded to in that post that Customer Development is a discovery process.  It's not yet clear that you have discovered a viable business model and/or how long it will take you to reach profitability.  During that early stage, he explicitly recommends avoiding raising money because of all of the complications it brings.<p>The gist of my first post was that I cannot tell from your post or your graph alone if you have discovered a repeatable scalable business system, and you are just funneling your savings to husband your cash and accelerate the growth of your company.  If that is the case, then I heartily congratulate you and wish you all the success in the world.<p>If on the other hand you are living on your savings in the hope that you can refine and discover your business plan, and you can't fairly solidly project your growth - then in my estimation, that is an unwise use of your savings.  But as I said, that is a personal choice.  At this stage of the game I have a wife and a son, and while I'm willing to gamble on success, I'm not willing to gamble on putting them on the street in the "hopes" that I've hit on a successful business.  Yes, my business will progress more slowly, and my customer development does not progress as rapidly as I like, but for me, that is an acceptable price to pay at this time of my life.<p>Anyway, I wish you luck with your venture.  I sincerely hope it works out for the best.