“There's a great quote by I think Sam Altman which is momentum is like oxygen for a startup. You just feed off of that momentum and it lets you put more and more energy and more and more cash if you need to into the company to keep it growing. Within 45 days we crossed 100K ARR, within 4 months we crossed a million.”

Momentum is oxygen — $100K ARR in 45 days, $1M in 4 months

Brett and Zack deliberately traded polish for speed at launch because they treat momentum itself as fuel. Crossing $100K ARR in 45 days, $1M in 4 months, and $2M in 5 months gave them the cash and confidence to keep reinvesting in creators and product velocity.