Here’s an insightful interview with John O’Nolan on Indie Hackers about raising money and growing Ghost to $750k a year. Even if you don’t use Ghost, it’s a nice peak into how you can approach a business that is born out of frustration (John was a contributor to WordPress prior to starting Ghost):
“Ghost has always had a very organic and steady growth rate. It’s not exponential. It’s just healthy, steady growth which is 100% ok with us.”