"Legacy SaaS (13 years old) — burned out, not sure what to do next" from Reddit r/saas, ranked #1. By EntrepreneurCali1986, 1 score, 1 comments. Data from Daily Trends.
Legacy SaaS (13 years old) — burned out, not sure what to do next
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- 3/25/2026, 11:56:11 PM
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I’m 40 and have been running a bootstrapped B2B SaaS for about 13 years. We serve \~70 clients in a pretty niche corner of the insurance claims world. The business does \~$1M ARR consistently with \~40%+ net margins. Small team (6 total, 4 devs). On paper it’s “good.” But I’m exhausted. I feel like I’ve hit a wall. I don’t have the energy or desire to keep pushing this forward, and I honestly don’t know how sustainable it is under me anymore. Growth has slowed, and even getting 10% YoY feels like a grind. The product itself is pretty legacy (PHP, not super user-friendly), but clients rely on it heavily and are pretty “stuck” with it. Clients are happy. Lately I’ve also been worried about AI disrupting parts of my clients’ workflows, which could indirectly hit my business and leave me holding a declining asset. Financially: \- \~$1M+ ARR (might do 1.2-1.4m this year) \- \~40% - 50% net margins \- \~$1.4M debt (from buying out a partner) approx 18K per month on a 10 year loan,...