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		dia80 on April 17, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year... Is 4 million breakeven? This is a business with lots of mouths to feed (3 founders and sweat equity engineer) and high variable costs...

mkbrody on April 17, 2013 | [–]

The founders make a nice living and we continually reinvest into the business.

djsla on April 17, 2013 | [–]

A lot must depend on the average salary they pay cleaners. If it's around or under $20K/year, then probably doing quite well despite having 100 cleaners on payroll.

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