Startups take 5 months to go from $0 to $1
How long it takes for startups to go from... - $0 → $1: 5 months - $1 → $1K: 5 months - $1K → $10K: 6 months - $10K → $100K: 1.1 years - $100K → $1M: 2.2 years (computed against a database with $1,063,996,226 of verified startup revenue and 42,397,395 transactions).
Marc Lou@marclou · Nov 18, 2025I run the largest database of verified startup revenues.
What surprised me:
🎯 81% made $1+
🎯 44% made $1,000+
🎯 4% made $1,000,000+
📈 Average 30-day growth: +247%
⏱️ Average time to first $1: 5 months
💰 Median total revenue per startup: $1,618
💵 Median monthly revenue per startup: $334/mo
@marclou · Nov 20, 2025
This is data for 1 startup, not 1 founder. Maybe I should find patterns if multi-startup founders have higher hit rate over time etc..?
faraaz@faraazcodes · Nov 20, 20255 months.. shit i better get a job then 😭- 42 likes
