The panic and pleasure of that first paycheck

Last Friday I received my first ever paycheck from Klout.  After almost 18 months living out of my savings as we bootstrapped this company it was an exciting day.  We have investors now, a real office and employees.  We are officially a “real” company.  After watching my bank account dwindle down to near zero it couldn’t have come soon enough.

While it’s awesome to see my personal bank account balance go up it’s terrifying to see our corporate balance drop.  This is all in the financial model so this isn’t a surprise but I still don’t like it.  I like watching numbers go up and now I need to find the right balance between exploring revenue opportunities and continuing to scale our our platform for the future.