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Hey, I'm Des , I wrote the post. I agree with you, in principle, but I've also seen hackers run out of money. It's not just development costs, if your app sends texts, or uses AuthSMTP, or even requires a lot EC2 instances or a hefty Heroku server then you'll still have a few bills piling up pre-revenue.

I guess the over-arching point is that you need a cash buffer large enough to cover you for the period from when your bills start to the time when your revenue tops them, and that time is usually a long time after launch.

Cheers for reading. Des



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