The build vs buy decision is often heavily motivated by speed to market. You're explicitly trading 3 weeks free now for flex cost in 2yr
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Sometimes that cost is negligible; sometimes it's a rewrite. You're accepting the gamble believing if you succeed you can afford either.
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One of the reasons startups are unafraid of new hotness is they're far more likely to fail ingloriously than their infra providers are.
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SaaS contracts come in a few flavors. Two common ones are month-to-month and annual. Those words have actual meaning to them.
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If you are in business and you read "Either party can cancel on 30 days notice" to mean "We'll have service forever" you're going to be sad.
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"Customers have moral right to continuity of service." Customers have moral rights to what they negotiate to pay for; they didn't want that.
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Someone once asked me for a one year contract. Quoted $10k. "5 year for $40k?" I quoted 3 million. If she'd paid 3 million, no Starfighter.
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Will she perhaps be unhappy when that service is sold into other hands? Maybe, maybe not, she seems like a responsible adult running a biz.
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The economics of software are "punishing upfront costs; really cheap at margin." If you don't have enough accounts marginal cost illusory.
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That upfront cost came from somewhere: a loan, an investor, etc. We dance and sing while the piper plays, but when he stops he must be paid.
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If this discomfits you, be your own piper.
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