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I hired my first employee at $9,000 MRR and it was the best decision I had made, until revenue slid from a $27K peak back to $22K and a fixed salary became a slow leak. A 2026 diary on the math I avoided, why I waited four months too long, and how to do a first layoff with decency.
The month I finally quit my day job my SaaS read $11,200 MRR. A first-person 2026 diary on the number that actually let me leave (it was not the gross one), the test I used before giving notice, the runway math, and why my first full-time month grew slower, not faster.
A competitor cloned my SaaS the month it hit $30K MRR. The real 90-day revenue ledger, what the lawyer said, the three weeks I wasted, and the moat a copy cannot take.
The month my SaaS crossed $4,300 MRR I was finally ramen profitable. A first-person 2026 diary on what actually cleared my account after fees and tax, why the milestone felt smaller than the fantasy, and the checklist I use now.
One acquired customer walked out with almost a third of my $24K MRR in a single month. A first-person 2026 diary on customer concentration risk, the cashflow scramble, and the concentration cap I live by now.
My SaaS MRR climbed 27 percent in a quarter while gross churn quietly doubled and net revenue retention slid below 100 percent. A first-person 2026 diary on catching the leak.
