Mehdi Rifai

Would you rather own a VC-backed unicorn ๐Ÿฆ„ or a 1M yearly revenue bootstraped SaaS Business ๐Ÿœ ?

byโ€ข
11 views

Add a comment

Replies

Best
Gavriel Shaw
A Unicorn being a billion dollar valuation company?
Mehdi Rifai
@cyclicshaw yes that's exactly what it means :)
Gavriel Shaw
@mehdi_rifai owning a significant share of a billion dollars I would suggest has more value than a $1M revenue bootstrapped SaaS, unless perhaps the SaaS was entirely life purpose aligned
Mehdi Rifai
@cyclicshaw you definitely have more money with the VC options but your freedom is limited
Pranab Buragohain
I think it would depend on what one is building and on the Founders' vision. If the outlook is to build a sustainable, profitable business with linear growth (mostly), bootstrapping is the best approach. If one is in an extremely competitive, high growth space (say D2C, Tech, etc), it might need external capital infusion, to scale fast and outdo competition. And in the process, build value, employment, revenue. Of course in both cases, PMF and revenue will play crucial roles.
Mehdi Rifai
@pranabgohain definitely agree with you
Chikodi Chima
It depends on what the profitability of the $1M revenue SaaS business is. With lots of employees/contractors, and low margins, it might not make much money. With a VC-backed unicorn I could sell some of shares and have millions in the bank, which would allow me to focus just on growing the company to exit.
Mehdi Rifai
@chikodi fair point which makes me wonder about what levers can you action to maintain your Saas margin low?
Charlie Kor
Haha, I think most people in this channel would choose Ant.
Mehdi Rifai
@charlie_lee1 unless they want to scale fast :)
Sibu Sahu
Everyones gotta scale faster or else wait enough to find 20 duplicates of their own product, which is why i would choose a VC backed Unicorn
Mehdi Rifai
@sibu_sahu that's a strong point for team ๐Ÿฆ„
Khasan
I would love to have a unicorn with 100M annual revenue
Mehdi Rifai
@haserk ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ฐ
Krishnan Sethuraman
Boostraped 1M arr is the only choise for me.
Mehdi Rifai
@krish_ubuntu ๐Ÿ™Œ
Cรฉsaire Jean Hubert
Oui
Cรฉsaire Jean Hubert
Je le veux car mon pays me donne pas cette chans pour trouve une entreprise qui vous donne revenus je vais pas le garde pour le veux l inverstire pour que je veux beaucoup le l endemen