True Customer Acquisition Cost Unclear When Founder Time Is Included
Founders often undercount their true cost per customer by excluding their own time from CAC calculations. This discussion prompt surfaces a real blind spot in early-stage unit economics. No specific software problem is articulated but the question represents a common founder measurement gap.
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