๐Ÿ† Next challenge begins in
Days
Hours
Mins
Secs

Community of SaaS founders who play Catan, read Zero to Sold, and care about growing without tons of VC

10 new founders accepted each week.

Apply Now
click
112+ applied to join last week
doodle doodle

Weekly Private AMA Live Video Sessions With Top SaaS Founders

Upcoming

Sold! How to Exit From A Guy Who Could Buy You
IPO Playbook: What metrics have to look like to IPO a SaaS in 2022
How to use 15 AE's to Hit $22m in Revenue Selling Plans for $15,000

Previous

The Art of The Secondary: How Chili Piper Founder Took Big Money off The Table, Still Growing Fast
Practise Ignition

Built By Founders

member
Javi shared his $143m exit price and $6m in revenue data points
member
Matt uploaded his Product Hunt launch check-list (used to get 1,403 upvotes)
member
Youโ€™ll read next week that we sold for $150m. Revenue was $6m. (What I learned)
like Like
member
Google Doc: Product Hunt launch plan we used to hit 1,458 upvotes #1 of day
like Like
member
Google Doc: Template we used to get 581 G2 reviews
like Like
member
Does anyone know the head of BD at Basecamp?
like Like
WELCOME
  • ๐Ÿ‘‹ Intros
  • ๐Ÿค” Discuss
  • ๐Ÿ” Founder Directory
  • ๐ŸŽฏ AMA: Bootstrapped to $1m
BUILD
  • ๐Ÿš€ 10k Challenge
  • ๐Ÿš€ Pre Launch
  • ๐Ÿš€ $0-1m
  • ๐Ÿš€ $1-5m
  • ๐Ÿš€ $5m+
RESOURCES
  • ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Template Directory
  • ๐Ÿ’Ž Discount List + Codes
  • ๐Ÿ’ก User Acquisition Playbook
doodle doodle

Resources are like SaaS โ€œCheat-Sheetsโ€

There is no magic bullet but there are quick ways to save time and money.

Not sure how to hire your first sales rep?

Use one of these 9 SDR firms other founders have worked with.

airtable
doodle doodle

Donโ€™t want to spend $100k on a developer? Use one of these 9 vetted dev shops.

airtable

Want to launch an affiliate program but not sure how? Try one of these 3 incentive structure templates.

airtable
member

"I hated waiting to get accepted but once I was in I understood why. The playbooks inside the community are worth a ton just by themselves. I used several templates I couldnโ€™t find anywhere else."

Lu Doan
SaaS founder
Apply to unlock more resources

Founders that are building right now

member member member member member member member
member member member member member member
member member member member member member member

Unique insights from top SaaS founders

Bootstrappers Bookshelf

Founders read these books last month. SaaS founders share their favorite indie SaaS books that mainstream outlets might miss.

Zero to sold

ZERO TO SOLD

How to Start, Run, and Sell a Bootstrapped Business

5.0 stars
August 2021

What we liked

"Great walkthrough of the process of building and selling a bootstrapped internet business. Arvid's personal experience makes the book much more authoritative and interesting."

Other recommendations

  1. Leaders of Growth: 47 stories
    4.9 stars
  2. Lost and Founders
    4.8 stars
  3. Start small, stay small
    4.7 stars
member
quotes member

"Iโ€™ve tried several Slack channels and Facebook groups focused on SaaS founders. FounderLed is a totally different experience. The community is tight knit and small on purpose. Everyone contributes weekly. My biggest gains have come from ideas I got in the group."

Flex Digital
doodle

How it works

  1. Apply to join
    Apply to join an invite only group of SaaS founders
  2. Cohorts accepted Friday mornings
    Each friday we email 10 new founders who were accepted
  3. Meet your new founder friends Monday morning
    Each Monday the 10 new founders introduce themselves.
    Members create a 1 page slide and intro themselves at 1pm CST on Monday
  4. Members who joined last week
    Lindsay, Morgan, Gui, Ahmed, Chris, Nazar, Dheeraj, Andre, Caleb, Simon
  5. Currently on waitlist
    150+ members are currently on the waitlist
doodle-2