cat /var/log/progress.log

the road from $0 to $1M

25 MRR milestones. strategies to reach each one. brutal reality checks at every stop. your journey starts at $0 — statistically, it probably ends there too.

01$0Everyone starts here. Most stay here longer than they planned.›02$1One stranger on the internet decided your work is worth money. That changes everything.›03$10Ten recurring dollars means at least a few people think you are solving something real.›04$50Enough to feel real. Not enough to pay any bill. The most dangerous stage.›05$100Triple digits. Your product is not a joke anymore.›06$200You doubled. Now do it again.›07$300The halfway point to $500. The point where patterns become visible.›08$500Half a grand a month. You are no longer playing around.›09$750One good month from four figures. The pressure is real.›10$1KThe most tweeted milestone in indie hacking. For good reason.›11$1,500This is covering rent somewhere in the world. That is real.›12$2KCan you repeat the growth that got you here, or was it all hustle?›13$3KIn the right city, this is freedom. In San Francisco, this is lunch.›14$5KSixty grand a year. You can do this full-time and afford health insurance.›15$7,500$90K ARR. One strong quarter from crossing $100K.›16$10K$120K ARR. You have built something real.›17$15K$180K ARR. The product is working. Now scale the distribution.›18$20KQuarter-million ARR. Most VC-backed startups will never get here.›19$25KThree hundred grand a year from software you built. That is remarkable.›20$30KSerious territory. The kind of business that gets acquired for life-changing money.›21$50KHalf a million in ARR. You have built a company.›22$75KThe milestone before the milestone. You can see the seven-figure business from here.›23$100KSeven figures in ARR. An extremely small number of founders ever get here.›24$250KThree million in ARR. This is a company, a brand, and a legacy.›25$1MA million a month. There is no longer any qualifier needed.›

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./install-the-daemon

$9. 365 roasts. one public endpoint of pure shame.