How big do you want your business to get?

I know this is kind of small beans, but my first goal is $1. I've been making free projects for a long time, but the one I'm currently working on is a SaaS product that I'm hoping I can convince to pay $23/month.

1st Goal ---- $1.00
2nd Goal --- $23.00
3rd Goal --- $100/MRR

My goal for this year is $1m revenue, which seems almost impossible (last year was something like $10k), but I think it can be done. Plus it's always good to aim higher.

I think a very useful saying here is, "Think big. Start small. Act now."

All 3 fragments of this adage will depend on where you are in the process.

In my case, my immediate goal is to finalize the acq of a startup and move on to the next problem I want to deal with/solve.

I’m very intrinsically motivated. My goal is creative freedom. I’d like for it to get big enough that I can subsist without working on it full time. Of course, I enjoy working on it — but I also enjoy drawing, making music, making games. I’d like to get my business to a place where I’m flexible enough to create whatever I want for the fun of it.

My goal for now is to get my first paying customer. after that start growing to reach 5k MRR

Very motivating question! I'd like to get big enough to where I can employ the local community in my own neighborhood and not have to move to "the valley" despite the great weather. An eventual $1M/MRR wouldn't hurt. Just have to keep my head down and hustle.

I would like it to be as big as ebay :-)

My immediate goal is for my company to make enough money to pay my bills.

After that, I want to stay intentionally small. It means I don't have to spend time managing other people, and it allows me to provide a personal touch to my customers.

Also, there's a lot of things I want to do in life, like traveling, spending time with friends/family, hobbies, etc. My ultimate goal in life is for my business to provide me maximum freedom and sustain me in doing whatever I want to do.

With melbado I simply want to make so much that I have enough resources to be able to develop & test new ideas all my life.

It's what I love doing :)

I think it's more practical to set small goals, and think about bigger ones when you first accomplish small.

Personally I would be satisfied if I get:

1. Step one 100$ NET revenue
2. Step two 1000$ NET revenue
3. Step three 5000$ NET revenue

I'm not thinking ahead of step three yet :)

After our quite relaxed relaunch of zubbit.io, we had a couple of months ago I would like to build this up now to at least $10k per month and after that, I guess the target will be the magic $1 million per year :-)

My goal is to eventually get to $1000 MRR with https://amicu.app as I don't think it's sustainable otherwise.

But the next step would be around $150 MRR to cover costs.

I personally think of this not in terms of revenue, but in terms of team size. As a general, long-term goal, I'd like to be at place where the business was generating enough revenue to sustain 6-8 people full time, without putting too much pressure/strain on those 6-8 people.

@Zviko I love this question because it's all too often assumed that everyone wants to be huge. Although there are certain advantages to growing into "the next Zoom/Slack/etc," the business model changes a lot.

Personally, I just want to create something that adds value and creates recurring revenue that could replace our services-based business. That would mean $100,000/MRR, which is a way into the future (we're aiming for 3 years), but do-able.

What about you?

I'm actually aiming to make my website one of the top #3 websites when it comes to coupons & deals in the MENA region (middle east & north africa) .
For the goal of this year, I wanna make it reach 50 000 users /month by the end of this year !

I don’t want to measure the size of ux-peers.com by revenue or team members. For me the goal is to bring value to as many ux designers as possible. Everything else is just a result of that.

First step would be to get to 100 members on the platform.

An income to buy a new car and an apartment.

I would like to aim at first 100 paying customers by the end of this year and then lets see what happens.

my goal is $700 revenue, not MRR or profit, just plain revenue.
I need validation for my self to defeat imposter syndrom.

My ultimate goal is to generate R$ 20k (Brazilian currency) of monthly net revenue.

After reaching this level, the goal will no longer be to grow in profit, but, totally, in the experience and quality of the service.

I believe that with this, the cost of the service can be reduced by two factors:

1 - The greater the number of customers, the lower the cost of the service to the customer, and the apportionment of costs will be broader.
2 - End of customer acquisition costs (ads).

This is my overall goal for my personal project.

I googled Zoom's revenue... they are at USD 622 million in 2019

I don't think most users here are aiming that high, it would be nice though, but most users here would love a decent income, not too low, not too high, some comfort zone, they'd be happy already.

So somewhere between 5k to 10k, for me a 5k MRR would be awesome... and currently at $70 MRR lol

I want to be generating life-sustaining income from my products every minute for the rest of my life. Just for the achievement, not because I care about money.

As much as possible until I hit the law of diminishing returns.

Overall goal: Make enough to live with the same amount of money I get from my full time job but also grow it.

Short-term goals:

#1 Make $1 MRR
#2 Get to $100 MRR
#3 Get to $1000 MRR

When I reach this point I should get to my long-term goal I think

Big enough to be a respectable entity. Small enough to be able to know everybody personally.

Aside; I personally have the goal to (be able to) work the least amount of possible, while still being able to provide for myself. It's not that I don't like work, but there is no absolute maximum in the amount you can earn, while there is an absolute minimum to the amount of time you can work. I just don't feel like losing my soul to money.

Staying small & keep creating is what my goal is.
My thoughts resonate with @pjrvs (Company of One)
https://pjrvs.com/growth

My goal is to make as much MRR as I can without having to grow the company. I want to do this alone.

My goal is to have a business that makes me so much money as my current job is paying. Then I want to focus to make that income as passive as possible, so I’m free to spend my time on other things: family, travel and the next business...

$64,950 MRR then attack next market and grow bigger

Personally I like small and simple.

I prefer to diversify and build a small number of products & services that only require some attention rather than run a large company that would take up most of my time.