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tosser8398b9 on Jan 14, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Poll: As a founder, what is your salary?

bootstrapped. "it's a long road, there's no turning back"

Year 1: 0 + working old job (150K annual) for 6 months

Year 2: 0 + 38K consulting

Year 3: $19,000

Year 4: $38,000

..

Year 9: $97,500

Year 10: $137,000

Year 11: $182,000

Year 12: $465,000

Year 13: $415,000

dennisgorelik on Jan 19, 2014 [–]

That's such an interesting data! But why did you skipped years 5, 6, 7, and 8?

I'm in a year 7 and by interpolation it looks like I'm following your path.

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