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your side project is not ramen profitable

you need to assume each employee draws a salary above the federal poverty line

with 2 people, assuming 80% margins, your app needs to make 37k ARR or 3.1k MRR

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Nomad Rural LLG, Western Province, Papua New Guinea

calculate your ramen profitability MRR: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X7e9ytlYs5C48xJ4lpDkDbMhYuMX-EffiDh0WjMsw_Y/edit?usp=sharing

Each person has expenses are different. Ramen profitable is whether you afford a lifestyle of eating ramen for every meal.

If your rent is 1k per month. Then ramen profitable might be 2k per month. If you move to a cheaper area / country / have roommates then ramen can be less.

Ramen just means you have infinite runway if you so choose.

If it’s a side project then you’re likely already ramen profitable from your job.