“In the first two years I was working extremely hard on the business and making basically no money... those first two years of hard work you don't get paid much but you kind of get the money for that hard work in like years four and onwards... make sure you save enough money to survive multiple years of no income. If you only have enough money for a few months of runway you're probably not going to make it.”

Save Multi-Year Runway Before You Start Because The SaaS Payoff Lags For Years

Angus describes the SaaS curve as a delayed-payoff machine: years one and two are grinding for tiny MRR, with the real compounding showing up in year four and beyond. He explicitly counsels new solo founders to bank multi-year personal runway — a few months of savings will not outlast the gap.