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The Top 10 Things to Know Before Starting a SaaS Company

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We’ve discussed most before individually, but let me throw ’em together: It may well take 24 months to get to true product-market fit and Initial Traction. You have to hire so many functions in SaaS – VPS, VPM, VPP, VPCS, VPE, etc. Dear SaaStr: What Are The Top 10 Things to Know Before Starting a SaaS Company?

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

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The top 5, with links to the related posts: It may well take 24 months to get to true product-market fit and Initial Traction. VPS, VPM, VPP, VPCS, VPE, etc. If you budget any less, you probably will fail. This isn’t B2C and virality won’t accelerate the process. You have to love, or at least commit to, recruiting constantly.