Oh!

In that case, I think it's a little similar to how I could have gone to college but didn't. I ended up in a good place (as you did too) but maybe had either of us taken a more traditional route, perhaps we could have saved ourselves some time.

Is there anything you'd say to your younger self about these things you didn't do that could have sped things along?

Do Yoga. I have destroyed my body with the combination of working on chair 10 hours day, and then doing hard sports (Rugby, Ice Canoe, Running).

I'm literally reading this in a hunched position, so yeah... I'm gonna go sit in my yard or something.

My body is still fine. What I did not do: hard sports. Or any sports at all :-)

Was there a moment when you felt a market fit step change? What was that like? You've told us what you didn't do (great, btw!), but perhaps you could distil a couple of things you did do around that time that made the biggest difference.

What was the ARR progression in those 7 years (ie what was ARR in year 1, 3, 5)

~ after 1 year: $600, 3 years: $192,000, 5 years: $780,000

Wow, that's quite inspirational, and a testament to having perseverance! Congrats!