Fischbeck: EstateSpace banned custom software in favor of configurable SaaS
Jonathan Fishbeck · How we bootstrapped to $1m in ARR using services, now high multiple SaaS · Oct 30, 2022 · at 5:41
EstateSpace founder Jonathan Fischbeck describes the product strategy adopted when pivoting from custom estate services to a scalable SaaS platform.
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“We didn't, so custom became a swear word in our company, right? You could only be configurable.”
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