2022-09-07

• #0002

  #0002Indie businessHacker News · MRR4 years ago

  `Ask HN`: Stay Bootstrapped Even When VCs Reach Out?

  60radar

  A solo SaaS at $15K MRR is choosing calm cash flow over venture pressure. Useful signal if you want durability, customer closeness, and control more than max-speed growth.

  • —Revenue is already at $15K MRR, which moves this beyond theory and into a real founder-choice problem.
  • —Inbound interest from VCs and acquirers does not force a process; saying no preserves product pace, ownership, and lifestyle.
  • —The operating loop stays simple: solve customer pain, get paid, iterate. That is often a stronger moat than growth theater.
  • —A likely tradeoff is lower upside and eventual competition from funded entrants, but not every market rewards blitzscaling.

  Source: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32746741Read original →
• #0001

  #0001Indie businessHacker News · Bootstrapped4 years ago

  `$15K MRR` and still saying no to VC

  40radar

  A founder at `$15K MRR` prefers calm, customer-funded growth over VC or acquisition pressure. Useful reminder that lifestyle fit can be a stronger moat than chasing scale.

  • —Revenue is already `$15K MRR`, enough to make the business materially life-changing without outside capital.
  • —The operating loop stays simple: solve customer pain, get paid, ship improvements. That clarity often beats growth theater.
  • —VC and M&A interest can be validation, not an obligation. Attention from buyers does not mean the default move is to sell.
  • —The real tradeoff is pace versus control: faster expansion may raise upside, but it also rewrites the job and the company.

  Source: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32746741Read original →