At $299/mo, the critical question is CAC tolerance relative to payback window.
Before expanding budget, I’d pressure-test:
• Target ICP specificity (who feels acute pain vs general interest)
• Clear acquisition channel hypothesis (outbound, content, community, partnerships)
• Target payback period (ideally <6 months at that price point)
I’d focus the first $10k on validating one repeatable acquisition motion before scaling to $200k.