How We Built It: $900K Open Source SaaS

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About this video

This is how Iuliia and Marc built a $900K/year SaaS. But their approach was different: make it open-source. Today, we'll dive into why that was the best decision for their business.

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:50 Who are Marc and Iuliia
• 1:15 Idea for Papermark
• 2:06 What is Papermark
• 3:04 What is open-source
• 4:18 How do they make money
• 5:03 Benefits of open-source
• 6:36 Get compliant fast
• 7:44 Opportunities to build now
• 9:06 Growth from 0 to $900K
• 10:05 Numbers behind Papermark
• 10:54 Tech stack
• 11:46 Costs & margins
• 12:13 How to succeed with open-source
• 13:54 The final word