oh man, i don't have a good answer for that, but i'll give you the next best thing -- a bad answer. :)

I don't think its fair for me to assume steady growth at my previous 4 months trajectory. I would love that, of course, because, uh, i like money, but it seems improbable.

So the next best thing: last month, RL made ~$1500.

I try to track every dollar I spend, so I just grepped my expenses sheet for every dollar ever spent that is tagged with RL.

$95,225.20

So, at 1500/mo, I'll break even in 63 months, assuming a cost of capital of 0%. :)

However, that number is really tagged based on what my accountant tells me is valid for the purposes of IRS reporting -- meaning, whenever I have drinks or dinner with other founders and we talk business, marketing, strategy, when I park in a parking lot and have to pay a fee, purchases that can be attributed to the business, etc. so the total invested number is probably non-trivially lower than 95k.