In reply to MattReport.

I agree with Matt that seeing numbers of successful companies can actually cause extra stress and depression in people who "aren't there yet." Most of the companies in my post are at the top of the heap, which can make it seem like you suck if you aren't making that much. Like Pippin said, there's a lot of backstory to each company, and revenue numbers by themselves are misleading.

For example, Ninja Forms didn't make any money for 2 years, and they had to completely rebuild their product. Pippin worked his butt off for years before he struck gold with EDD. For every success story, there's hundreds of products not doing near as well.

I hope people look at these numbers as just data to learn from, not a measuring stick to compare themselves by.