CloudForecast reached six figures in ARR in 2020
Tony Chan · Episode 550 | Three Years of Grind to Six Figures in ARR with CloudForecast · May 18, 2021 · at 4:30
Tony Chan, co-founder of AWS cost-monitoring tool CloudForecast, discusses the startup's revenue milestones and timeline to founder salaries with host Rob Walling.
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“We passed six figures last year. And after I think working about on this about year and a half, a little bit, maybe a little bit over that we started paying ourselves.”
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