I think, as bootstrappers, we need to abandon the "long slow SaaS ramp of death" trope.
1. That talk is nearly 20 years old (lots has changed)
2. I'm not sure it ever really applied to most successful bootstrapped businesses?
3. For many SaaS I know, the ramp was pretty fast.
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W odpowiedzi do @mijustin
Beware confirmation bias. Most SaaS I know are in the ramp. The more you succeed, the more you start hanging around other successful founders, the more you believe it’s the norm.
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I agree that there's a ramp for all SaaS. But what's not clear is: - "What does reaching scale mean? How is it different for a VC-backed company like CC, vs an indie founder?" - "How slow is too slow?" - "How do you know when to quit?"
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I think the slow ramp is the norm/average, AND I think those are important questions. What does scale really mean, when should you cut the cord? “How slow is too slow”. I’m guessing more hang on for way longer than they should due to sunk cost fallacy.
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W odpowiedzi do @mariepoulin
Yes! And, it's really difficult to quantify what's normal in bootstrapping.
Difficult to measure what's most common for people starting SaaS.
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I think this is totally fair, as there are probably different types of SaaS now. Single founder, passion project, slow ramp to get to full-time to leave their day job vs team that needs profitability ASAP.
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a better framing of the question "is a slow ramp normal?" might be "how slow can you tolerate?" or "what are your goals, and how will you decide if the biz is meeting your goals?"
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Yes. And that nuance is largely missing from the "Slow ramp of death" talk.
How slow is too slow?
How many years is too many?
how do these answers change depending on my goal for the business?
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