A survey of 600+ bootstrapped SaaS founders found 90% can code. Does that match what you see?
I came across a survey of over 600 revenue-generating bootstrapped SaaS founders, and one statistic stopped me:
90% of bootstrapped SaaS ventures have at least one developer on the founder team. Even more interesting, companies with a developer founder grew 7% faster than those without one .
The same survey found that the optimal founder count is 3. Not 1. Not 2. Three .
I don't have a conclusion here. I just find it interesting. In the circles I'm in, it feels like there are more non-technical founders trying to make it work than this data suggests. Or maybe the non-technical ones just talk about it more.
Does this match your experience? And if you're a non-technical founder, how are you handling the build side? I'm genuinely curious whether the "technical founder" advantage is as universal as this data implies.
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