{"id":3747,"date":"2019-12-31T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/?p=3747"},"modified":"2020-01-17T15:02:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T09:32:57","slug":"do-you-have-a-3-decade-plan-for-your-saas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/do-you-have-a-3-decade-plan-for-your-saas\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you have a 3 decade plan for your SaaS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">With all the discussion of \u2018What is your exit strategy\u2019 it is refreshing to look at those saas companies who have been at it for over a decade and some going into their 3rd. Why would it be any different than, say, an industrial era company? The funding and exit eco system perhaps. So how come many of the contrarians are in this list of those heading into the 3rd decade? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pitch.link\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/17150207\/365.jpg?resize=632%2C686&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pitch.link\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/17150207\/365.jpg?resize=632%2C686&#038;ssl=1 632w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pitch.link\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/17150207\/365.jpg?resize=632%2C686&#038;ssl=1 276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Image from Article<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For the final post on SaaS I turned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAAsKtMBHQPJ9rgxpUs8M6pSxrAYCXIX8oY\/\">Jason M. Lemkin<\/a> as I did many times through this year and found this post most relevant as we enter the next decade. It was also important because I was taking Pitch.Link on its journey into, what I believe, an enduring adventure. The trigger for the post was the Forbes cover that featured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAA2vSIBNl4duQPkeGMHpPbnR6AR9Si9m_U\/\">Ben Chestnut<\/a> and  the new generation of SaaS leaders from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAAbObkBq1ZaEtI_RitWSKZLBSg5_JkA_5Q\/\">Brian Halligan<\/a> (Hubspot) to Atlassian to  Mailchimp and many more. The list of companies itself is inspiring.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the key to their endurance? Focus on customer and being proactively creative.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s raise a toast to your 3 decade plan. With a year that spells \u2018Clarity of Vision\u2019 what\u2019s our excuse?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where I learnt this #365 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SaaS: Maybe Plan for 30+ Years as a Founder <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/saas-maybe-plan-for-30-years-as-a-founder\">https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/saas-maybe-plan-for-30-years-as-a-founder<\/a>\/ \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the discussion of \u2018What is your exit strategy\u2019 it is refreshing to look at those saas companies who have been at it for over a decade and some going into their 3rd. Why would it be any different than, say, an industrial era company? The funding and exit eco system perhaps. So how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/p><div class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/do-you-have-a-3-decade-plan-for-your-saas\/\" class=\"btn btn-small btn--dark btn-hover-shadow\"><span class=\"text\">Continue Reading<\/span><i class=\"seoicon-right-arrow\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,69],"tags":[70,78],"class_list":["post-3747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saas","category-what-i-learnt-today","tag-alwayslearning","tag-saas"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Subhanjan Sarkar","author_link":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/author\/subhanjan\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paX7jg-Yr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}