EATING OUR OWN COOKING

When we took back Froghair, we decided that Curtis would not quit his full-time job to come on board until we had $60,000 in the bank as a buffer. We felt that a three-month buffer was a safety net we would be comfortable with and that it would take the pressure off in case we had any kind of a hiccup.

To begin with, we were working Froghair as a fifth priority. I was taking time off to hike in the Himalayas after selling CastleWave, and Curtis had other priorities. We had a part-time college student named Shane who was helping us. In August 2010, we sat down and defined our zig number 1. After looking at our expenses, we determined and wrote down our financial target number, which was that we needed to net $25,000 a month ...

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