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The Top 10 Things to Know Before Starting a SaaS Company

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Dear SaaStr: What Are The Top 10 Things to Know Before Starting a SaaS Company? This isn’t B2C and virality won’t accelerate the process enough in the early days. It takes 7–10 Years in SaaS to Get Anywhere. And 99% of SaaS companies will need 7–10 years to get to $100m ARR and beyond. True in B2C too of course.

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The Top 5 Things Everyone Should Know Before Starting a SaaS Company

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One fundamental question asked was What Everyone Should Know Before Starting a SaaS Company. This isn’t B2C and virality won’t accelerate the process. More here: If You’re Going to Do a SaaS Start-Up … You Have to Give it 24 Months. The Cavalry is Coming and here: The SaaS Year of Hell. VPS, VPM, VPP, VPCS, VPE, etc.