I like to say I paid the idiot tax for the first seven years . I wasn ' t the best boss and had no idea how to properly run a business . We had no metrics in place , our processes and finances were a mess , etc . Once we defined our culture , refined our hiring process , and did a bunch of other shit , the flywheel started turning . We hit the $ 3 m mark pretty fast too , although I think there was a year in between . <| sep |> Oh nice , I ' ll have to try them out for that price ! Might end up giving them as presents just like OP <| sep |> I feel like I remember a comic where he faced the Marvel version of Scarecrow and he was like Yes , I have one of these too . <| sep |> Nah . It ' s the Easy Bay , most likely Berkeley since he ' s looking south towards the Bay Bridge . The city on the other side of the river is San Fransisco .