Question
For 3 years, I've been bootstrapping and signing up early adopters to be able to pay for developers to build out my SaaS product. The development process has been the "kink in the hose" so I've been working a decently paid full-time job while it gets built. My schedule was not holding up the progress since it was all development (and I'm not a developer). But within the next three months, we will have finished the build and will be delivering the product to our first three customers.
At that point, I have to assume that my schedule WILL be what is holding us up - and that doesn't sit well with me. How should I plan for this? What are the options?
Answer
I made the jump from my single client (job) to multi client cashflows in 2005.
The way I think of this is...
"At this point, we're all really freelancers. The only difference is if you have single client (job) or many client income."
My preference == Many clients income.
As soon as your startup produces profit enough to cover your current income... quit your job...
Then focus on putting in more paying clients every day.
