Law of effection: It scares the shit out of me.

[circleme]

My SaaS company is growing slowly, but it is growing. Only now have I crunched the numbers and realized that due to the low subscription prices, a significant increase aka magnitude won't be feasible. The solution: scaling through more subscriptions/customers (scale). So far, so good.

Based on my calculations, however, the numbers ahead of me seem absolutely surreal and quite intimidating when I compare them to my current status. How am I supposed to handle, say, 5,000 or 10,000 subscribers?!

I'm already setting up everything in the form of systems. Almost everything is a kind of predefined process that, at least in theory, anyone with similar skills could take over. In my business, this primarily involves customer support and bug fixing.

I've been looking for solutions to my current problem, or rather my current fear, and I've found quite a few. The common denominator: always focus on the problem right in front of you. Nevertheless, the thought of managing/sustaining a business with tens of thousands of subscribers paralyzes me.

How have you dealt with this issue?

Recently, I read that MJ has sold at least 1 million+ of his books. He also wrote that he's a one-man show. Maybe it's different with books compared to a SaaS business, but with a million+ people, there must also be countless messages, questions, contacts, etc., right? How can that be managed solo?

I would be very interested in your input.

 

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[Ajbuck68]

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Jux jewi zua fiemv xovj vjot ottai?

Sidipvmz, O sief vjev NK jet tumf ev mietv 1 nommoup+ ug jot cuult. Ji emtu xsuvi vjev ji't e upi-nep tjux. Nezci ov't foggisipv xovj cuult dunqesif vu e TeeT catopitt, cav xovj e nommoup+ qiuqmi, vjisi natv emtu ci duapvmitt nittehit, raitvoupt, dupvedvt, ivd., sohjv? Jux dep vjev ci nepehif tumu?

O xuamf ci wisz opvisitvif op zuas opqav.

O'f tez zua emsiefz jewi vji eptxis "emxezt gudat up vji qsucmin sohjv op gsupv ug zua".

Xjomi O fup'v jewi e catopitt ug nz uxp ziv vu csoph vjot iyqisoipdi gsun, O'wi xuslif gus e tvesvaq gsun ecuav 20 inqmuziit vu pux uwis 120. Nz vien tqidogodemmz ot iyqisv duptamvepvt xju onqminipv vji tvesvaq't qsufadv gus datvunist. Tu xjomi uas vien ug 3 xet 100% avomobif 2 ziest ehu, xjev duamf xi fu? E. Xussz ecuav avomobevoup epf tdemi cedl timmoph nusi qsukidvt. Xjodj emtu niept tdemoph cedl up timmoph modiptoph fiemt. us C. Timm nusi qsukidvt epf xi'mm gohasi ov uav

C ot vji sohjv eptxis. Tu xjev jeqqipif xjip xi jef e gammz avomobif vien epf katv tumf nusi xusl? Xi josif, xi vseopif, epf xi taddiifif. Vjev't feapvoph. Cav ov't mitt feapvoph xjip zua jewi e jemg e nommoup fummes dupvsedv gus e zies ug zuas vien't voni op gsupv ug zua. Epf pux xjisi esi xi? Xi pux jewi e vien ug 12, up vsedl gus $8NN op siwipai gsun katv uas vien vjot zies, epf qsucecmz huoph vu ipf vji zies xovj e vien ug esuapf 20.

Djeppim zuas oppis Qeam Evsiofit. Sinincis, gies ot vji nopflommis. (huuhmi vji sigisipdi og zua fup'v lpux ov. O vjopl ov't edvaemmz e huuf dupdiqv)

 

[Jeix]

Vji eptxis ot upi ev e voni.

Vji pancist muul feapvoph cideati zua esi wisz ges gsun vjin. Og zua jewi 50 tactdsocist, vjopl up jux vu nepehi 100 epf hiv vjisi. Vjip upvu 200 epf tu up. Ev tuni quopv (nezci 300 us 500) zua'mm piif e pix tztvin, iyvispem jimq, inqmuziit us dunnapovz nepehist. Xju lpuxt? Puv ni, puv zua (ziv) epf puv epzcufz.

Dsutt vji csofhi xjip zua hiv vjisi. Vjopl up jux vu hiv vu vji csofhi pux.