[ivanhoe]

It costs zero if you're a student living with parents who feed you and provide for you. If you have to pay the bills while working on the project then it costs the money you'll need to survive those 6+ months, or it costs you your free time and social life and sleep if you're moonlighting. Depending on your gender, ethnicity or religious creed (and immigration and parental status) it might be significantly harder for you to pull it.

[beardedman]

> It costs zero if you're a student living with parents who feed you and provide for you.

False. Hence me mentioning those other markets where the economic climate is must worse than the US - yet you have people making it work. Kenya/Nigeria fantastic examples.

[ivanhoe]

In Kenya also just some people manage to do it. I'd bet there's no many single parents among them, just like there's no them in US. Or people having to do multiple part-time shitty jobs to pay the bills. Or people that have to take care of their parents or siblings. It's highly dependable on your social and financial situation if you'll be able to run a business, any business including SaaS.