Having lived a similar path (Uffizzi was initially a Heroku-like PaaS before we pivoted) I’ll offer some lessons learned that I wish I could have had a crystal

Having lived a similar path (Uffizzi was initially a Heroku-like PaaS before we pivoted) I’ll offer some lessons learned that I wish I could have had a crystal ball to see. -First I’ll reference Peter Thiel’s 10x rule - is your product or experience much, much better than the alternatives? -The market is pretty saturated with free and low cost options for hosting. Heroku being the 1st and most ubiquitous and then Digital Ocean launching their PaaS in 2020. I’m sure there’s others. I’ll concede that Render seems to have gotten some traction despite some significant odds against doing so. -We got $100k in credits from GCP -You’ll likely have trouble attracting serious start-ups or businesses because they will worry that you won’t be here in 1 year or even 3 years. If you don’t attract businesses you’ll have a hard time getting to monetization. Your monetization plan is unique and I love anything that simplifies the Dev experience. Best of luck to you.