Assuming a side project has gained a significant traction,
To be more precise:
- Web based project.
- Free.
- No business related plans.
- No monetizing options were implemented or even considered.
- Entire team is tech related, no business experience.
- Traffic is monitored and shows a significant growth.
- Expenses: cloud traffic and storage.
- Maintenance and scale within the team's available time and funds, but it's starting to take a toll and needs to be addressed.
What should the next steps in that stage?
*hypothetical question. Many techs are working towards this stage, not even planning for when it will actually happen.