I was touring full-time in a band, while on retainer with an app agency for 30-hours/week when we launched https://soundstripe.com. I was introduced to the other two co-founders by a client, and we hit it off.
I quit touring about 10 months after we launched because we had gotten a staff of a few people and it was starting to take off. I took about a 75% pay cut to focus on it full-time until we were able to pay ourselves a reasonable salary about a year or year and a half into business. Still did some side work until then, but not 30-hours/week worth.
We bootstrapped it for the first two years (had about 15 employees by then), but just recently closed a late seed round, and have about 25 staff now.
I quit touring about 10 months after we launched because we had gotten a staff of a few people and it was starting to take off. I took about a 75% pay cut to focus on it full-time until we were able to pay ourselves a reasonable salary about a year or year and a half into business. Still did some side work until then, but not 30-hours/week worth.
We bootstrapped it for the first two years (had about 15 employees by then), but just recently closed a late seed round, and have about 25 staff now.