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Open-source it. I don't really advise running any business 100% solo, but I have done it for a while until my company has grown a bit. At that time and now (wit

• herodoturtle 4y ago
  Interesting answer - makes a lot of sense. I’m on (what sounds like) a similar path to yours - in that the SaaS is growing nicely (and will one day afford a team and hopefully scale sustainably) but currently there is significant key-man risk. My main concern is for my customers, so your open source idea sounds very practical. How did you set this up? Do you have a private GitHub repo for example? With a Will / procedure to open it to customers? Just trying to understand the practical execution of this idea.
  • mateusfreira 4y ago
    Yes, I have private repositories on GitHub with my SaaS products, and I add close friends as read-only contributors (usually to exchange ideas or show something I have done in the project). These friends are also coders tho. They don't have interests (neither do I at the moment) into became part of the business. I told them openly in case I died, they could open-source the project or take over the project. Passwords I keep with my wife / direct relatives so they can contact them to just take control of the project. However, open-sourcing would probably be enough for some of my customers to run the system by themselves. With the code and getting the access by contacting my relatives, these friends can potentially take the project and continue supporting my current customers.