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Upvoted because it's an interesting topic, but the statement in the title is straight-up inaccurate and reflects the author's biases regarding what meets the cr
by exolymph 9y ago
Upvoted because it's an interesting topic, but the statement in the title is straight-up inaccurate and reflects the author's biases regarding what meets the criteria for "SaaS company."
In the blog post itself he wrote, "As of 2018, I believe it is now impossible to start and scale a SaaS business without significant capital. [...] Bootstrapping SaaS to sustainable revenues and profitability is so hard in 2018 because of the time it takes to grow organically. [...] That said, it is still possible to gradually build up a profitable small software business in a niche area that can grow over time."
Yeah, that last example? No reason why a niche software business wouldn't be considered a SaaS company.
Really I'm annoyed by the phrasing / terminology here. He should have specified that he's talking about a large SaaS company... but at that point it's banal to say that you can't do it without raising capital.
- zebraflask 9y agoThat will be terrible news for most of the YC classes recently.
- lazarko 9y agoI am also curious to hear what is 'significant' amount? Is it something which a couple of guys can't finance by themselves in a garage? For a month or for a year? We've built one SaaS business without, what I would consider, significant funding.