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My B2B SaaS just hit 10 years old. A personal story about how it all started
- steveridout 3y agoA very relatable story! Are you going to write follow-up posts with more details covering the rest of the journey with more of the ups and downs of running a tiny bootstrapped startup? I'd be interested in reading!
- m1keil 3y agoNice read, thanks for sharing. And thanks for the book recommendation, never heard about it before.
- mokkol 3y agoYou are welcome m1keil. It did come at exactly the right time. It is a bit dated but still holds strong. I also like his new book called 'The SaaS playbook' which is a bit more for the stage my SaaS is currently in.
- mijustin 3y agoCongrats on hitting 10 years! Most startups don’t make it that long.
- mokkol 3y agoThank you Justin!
- mortallywounded 3y agoA nice story-- I built my own SaaS (in the middle of year seven now). A similar story... I even read Rob Walling's book and even went to a local Microconf. The numbers grew slowly and have pretty much plateaued. It's my dream job, and I can't imagine going back to work for anyone else. I do have an existential dread though--- mainly, "what if my revenue goes to zero?" and I constantly think about how to improve the service or build another service on the side. Though, it's still better than the dread that comes with being employed and potentially laid off.
- mjwhansen 3y agoCongrats on hitting 10 years, Michael! We’re also turning 10 this month… time flies!
- tluyben2 3y agoCongrats! Mine just turned 17 and I just modernised it a bit. Happy clients for almost 2 decades. No unicorns but still a nice fuzzy feeling. Keep going for the next 10 years!
- omcateer 3y agoAmazing! Congrats