Truth is you don't need most of SaaS when you start. No-one is saying this out-loud because a lot of SaaS users are also SaaS selles. Sentry, use free tier or

Truth is you don't need most of SaaS when you start. No-one is saying this out-loud because a lot of SaaS users are also SaaS selles. Sentry, use free tier or self host or use Bugsnag free tier Slack, use Skype instead Notion, use Google Docs instead AirTable, use Google Sheets Office/coworking, work from home or cafes! These huge usage of other SaaS is caused by venture backed companies with a lot of cash looking for an IPO. In practice if you are boostraped instead of venture based you don't want to have a lot of SaaS and/or hire a lot of employees. Some things like bragging about how many employees or SaaS you are using only make sense in venture-back land because by spending more you are getting to the IPO/exit faster but you are sacrificing future long term margins (which you don't care about since you will be long gone). I'm a solo bootstrap founder and yes you can clearly see how I'm biased against venture-backed startups! :D