Episode 786 | Questions About Bootstrapping SaaS to a $90M Exit (with Kevin Wagstaff)

05 Aug 2025 • 44 min • EN
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How do you really know when you’ve hit product-market fit? In this episode, Rob Walling welcomes back Kevin Wagstaff, co-founder of Spectora, to answer listener questions about early traction in Facebook groups, finding product-market fit, handling criticism, and what it really took to bootstrap to a $90M exit. Want to get your questions answered? Drop them here. Topics we cover:  (3:15) – Early traction using Facebook groups (7:17) – The tradeoff between growth and work-life balance (12:26) – Participating inside Facebook groups run by rivals (14:39) – Ranking for niche SEO terms (19:06) – Funding the early days through consulting (25:14) – Surviving churn in a seasonal, high-turnover market Links from the Show:  SaaS Institute Mark Cuban Blog Post Kevin Wagstaff | LinkedIn Kevin Wagstaff (@KevinWagstaff3) | X Spectora If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you! Subscribe & Review: iTunes | Spotify

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