Our ultimate goal is NOT to get rich, is NOT to be famous, is NOT to be valued billions of rubles.
We want to be free, we want to work on the projects that motivate us, we want to make our own decisions and decide when it's good to work and when it's not.
For me this is the most motivating part of this adventure. I can totally relate to this article and it even gives me hope in our way of doing things.
Are founders actually so delusional that they're really buying into the whole billion+ idea at the outset instead of thinking of how to make a business? That seems rather silly. (Unless the real goal is to find a way to get a couple million personally out of the first few funding rounds. In that case, perhaps it's not a bad gamble.)
I've been working on that more than my startup recently.
We could live on $20k annually for at least 4 years. Now I am trying to figure out a SaaS that could generate that within a couple of months. I don't mind fighting with price even though that's what you're not supposed to do.
We estimate that the company should earn around 25k € every month so we could quit our jobs but again our costs are very low so far.
I'm not sure to properly understand your question here ; you want to have a side business so you can concentrate on your main startup?
Anyway, good luck with your business(es)!
Living on savings for now, which runs out in a couple of weeks.
Is this also accounting for retirement? If so, kudos! :-)