Pinboard turns Seven
Whoever runs a SaaS should take some inspiration from Pinboard, which recently turned seven. I am not aware of many services that are run just by one person and lasted seven years. Here’s some aspects that I like: no fuss simple design focus on ONE thing (bookmarking) focus on a simple thing (thus easy to explain) good timing (launched when del.icio.us announced the shutdown) keep the cost of the infrastructure low I am following all of this rules for my services.
Stu Green on SaaS startups
My friend Stu is posting like crazy about the lessons he learned building SaaS startups. It’s very good stuff. Lesson #1 is: breathe.