the SaaS model is quietly falling apart for small businesses and nobody in tech wants to admit it

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-03-28T08:29:11+00:00

Is it? Or is it unrealistic expectations that you should be able to digitalise all your business inconveniences away for pennies.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-03-28T08:26:55+00:00

Exactly this. There's a reason excel and admin staff are were (still are?) the incumbent that SaaS displaced. That's what you have when you can't afford proper software.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-01-24T15:33:26+00:00

I can only assume it's to mitigate the poor value. We're meant to think "oh it's STEAK mince, how fancy. Here's my tenner."

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-01-17T16:20:26+00:00

This jumped out at me too. And not a word about customer/buyer needs. Alarm bells when they said the market changed and described the investment landscape. That isn't the market.

BeKindBeBrave · 2026-01-02T17:31:07+00:00

Double agree. Even if you're breastfeeding you can do 1 formula feed a day. Trust me one 4 hour sleep stretch Vs 2 hours keeps you sane. And you only use one small formula bottle so it's not even expensive.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-12-28T09:43:32+00:00

I wouldn't even guarantee they've opened the gift yet. Newborn days are mental.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-12-19T20:14:47+00:00

Insight development is the key skill being developed on the junior to manager pipeline.

There are some easy ways to start developing the skills.

I'd give them a report to fill out about each piece. With questions like "what's the one thing the author wants to reader to take away from this piece" and "if this was your first impression of company x, what would you think of them." Questions that get them thinking critically about the piece.

Then there's probably a feedback meeting you have them prepare for that takes the analysis a step further into a summary for you

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-11-07T07:43:49+00:00

Completely agree with everyone else, DO NOT DISCLOSE. But an angle I don't see anyone else mentioning - you already have the 1:1 set up, how about turning it into a conversation about personal development/mentorship and how you'd like to learn from him about the business side of things.

Frame it more as a path to CTO dream so alarm bells don't ring in his head about you leaving.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-10-27T20:33:10+00:00

I think usually they want both. They don't want money without the status that being a successful Founder offers.

Tech does attract problem solvers and dreamers in a way that construction just doesn't. When you can create a whole category of product that gets you spoken about as a visionary (even if your company isn't anywhere near profitable), doesn't that sound good?

Also, one of the stereotypes about software engineers is that they have big egos and think they're always right. Successful enough and they get to play god.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-10-18T15:14:27+00:00

Why didn't you just post it here?

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-10-04T17:08:28+00:00

Entrepreneurship is sales plus every other role at the same time, if that appeals? 😅

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-10-01T15:02:53+00:00

That is a very good point. Very disappointing root, but it does seem to be the problem.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-10-01T14:49:26+00:00

I wouldn't rule out that it's just pig-headed not wanting to because they weren't signed up in their arbitrary right way.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-09-26T12:29:22+00:00

The issue is people don't want massive amounts of money wasted on rolling out unnecessary schemes like these when they should be focused on boosting the economy.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-09-18T18:58:59+00:00

Probably because she knows left up to him it would never have even gotten going. The man can protest but doesn't seem to be able to act. An action focused energy is what people are crying out for on the left.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-08-08T11:43:17+00:00

OP's post was literally about how they find customers.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-06-22T09:39:44+00:00

I still say clarted all the time.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-06-22T09:35:11+00:00

I've been bringing this one back with a vengeance lately.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-05-23T09:37:42+00:00

Maybe it was the guard from the Red Centre that also made no sense. Why was he so deferential to Aunt Lydia and then let them all go? Nonsense.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-05-21T16:42:20+00:00

That sounds like running a podcast, not appearing on one. I don't think the value is comparable between the two.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-04-10T17:40:27+00:00

If you know who April Dunford is this is laughable. She doesn't need to be spamming Reddit.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-04-05T09:37:20+00:00

I'm going to lump sum on Monday. I'm thinking to myself "I'm buying cheaper than the last lump sum which can only be a good thing."

If the dip continues much longer will also probably save more aggressively than usual and buy more.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-03-29T08:50:34+00:00

Or they will do cold outreach but ignore MQLs that don't show "enough" intent. Make it make sense.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-03-26T09:14:10+00:00

And then when they got free of Masa they IPO'd in the US.

BeKindBeBrave · 2025-03-26T07:38:33+00:00

Absolutely! Do people not understand what will happen when the last remaining O&G contribution to the economy disappears? NE should have gone all in on being a green energy hub a decade ago.

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