Solopreneur Delusion Calculator

💰 What's Your Target MRR? The dream number! 🦄

What number makes you quit your day job? Be honest about your ramen noodle tolerance! 🍜

$2K-4,999

Getting Serious 📈

🛠️

$100-499

Side Project Vibes

🍜

$500-1,999

Ramen Profitable

📈

$2K-4,999

Getting Serious

💼

$5K-9,999

Quit Your Job Territory

🚀

$10K-24,999

Indie Maker Dream

🦄

$25K+

Unicorn Chaser

🌍 Global Location Preferences Work from anywhere! 🚀

Location Cost Category

Choose based on your monthly living cost budget

Lifestyle Type

Your work and travel style

🎯 Where Are You Now?

Current Project Stage

Planning MVP

Be Honest

Just an idea Planning/wireframes Building MVP MVP launched Have paying customers

💻 Coding Chops Be honest! 🤔

Select all the skills you're actually comfortable with (no tutorial following!):

0 skills selected

Pick your superpowers!

👶

Hello World

Just started coding

✨

Vibe Coder

Coding for the aesthetic

📚

Tutorial Hell

Following tutorials religiously

🍝

Stack Overflow Copy-Pasta

Can copy & modify code

👨‍💻

Junior Dev

Building real features

🧑‍💻

Senior Dev

Architecture & best practices

👑

Tech Lead

Leading technical decisions

🏗️

Architect

System design expert

🧙‍♂️

Code Wizard

Deep technical mastery

🚀

10x Engineer

Legendary status achieved

📈 Marketing Game No Twitter followers? 📉

Audience Building Skills

Building in public counts! Are you really "marketing" or just tweeting into the void? 🐦

2 level

Can You Sell?

1 2 3 4 5

🎯 Your App Category

App Type

Market Size

✨ Must-Have Features (Check All That Apply)

🤖 AI-powered features

📱 Mobile app (not just web)

💳 Multiple payment tiers

🔌 API integrations

📊 Advanced analytics

🌍 Multi-language support

⏰ Time to $1K MRR

Realistic Timeline

💪 Financial Runway

How much runway do you have?

6+ months of expenses saved

I'll hustle nights/weekends while keeping my job

Disclaimer: This calculator is for entertainment and education purposes. We're not trying to crush your dreams! Some of the most successful indie makers started with "delusional" goals. The difference? They adapted, learned, and adjusted along the way. Use this as a starting point for honest self-reflection, not as gospel truth.