... took us 3+ years to reach meaningful traction, and we were making $2k MRR in the first 2 years. Unfortunately, there's no formula to know whether you are on the right track or running a zombie. Sunk cost vs. strategic persistence. You bet with your time. 9. SaaS multiples are often fantasy, especially for smaller businesses. If you are below $1M ARR and/or have no aggressive growth potential, do not expect 7-12x multipliers. 10. Lifetime deal buyers ... ... profitable by being super frugal. This wasn't just about bootstrapping, it forced us to focus on what actually moved the needle. 14. Technical complexity doesn't guarantee success Building more features, next feature fallacy, reaching feature parity with competitors

... features as used by technical users) and Calendly is cheaper initially but scales up in cost (more user friendly + most app compatible). Comment from Matt Carroll(@catt_marroll): also just realized cal is totally free for my usecase, vs 10/mo on calendly to support multiple calendars. seems like basically a no brainer.. Comment from Matt Carroll(@catt_marroll): Just to put a bow on this i went with cal.com . main reasons were 1. the price, 2. i liked ... ... Nichole Elizabeth DeMer (Eithiriel)(@nikkielizdemere): @steveb  Solid reasons. Comment from James Bryce - Lind(@jamesbl88): @steveb haven t they raised $32m.. Comment from Gabe Perez(@gabe): Going against the grain here but I'm a huge fan of @SavvyCal

... GitHub. My story hasn't been all rosy, though! After leaving Drip, I attempted to take on Slack and decided to move on after failing to find traction one year into working on it. I'm now building SavvyCal , a scheduling product competing with tools like Calendly. We are growing consistently with a small team of 3. I also host a weekly podcast, The Art of Product , where I share the ups and downs of building a software company ...