Other people's good writing
Not everything worth reading about getting paid was written here. This is the shelf of what other people wrote and said that holds up, with one line each on why it's on the list. Members add to it; anyone can read it.
Worth reading
Every link checked live, September 2026Do things that don't scale
The essay behind the whole first-customer method: recruit users by hand, one at a time, from people you can reach. Stripe's founders installed it on people's laptops in person.
Growth Unhinged · May 2026The state of B2B monetization in 2026
The 230-company survey behind our pricing sample: hybrid at 37%, AI credits at 29%, seats fading. Read it before you pick a number.
Circle · 2026Why free communities are harder to grow than paid ones
The argument for the €9: a price members notice is a commitment device. It's also why this room has no free tier.
Ramen ClubOn chargebacks
What a dispute actually does to a small SaaS. Read this before you take your first card; it's why our own chargeback piece exists.
Stripe AtlasSaaS pricing guide
The plain-English basics: value metric, tiers, annual vs monthly. Generic, and a good floor to stand on before the room argues with you about your specific number.
Kyle Poyar · weeklyGrowth Unhinged
The best ongoing writing on SaaS pricing and PLG. Free every week. If you read one newsletter besides ours, this one.
Lenny Rachitsky · weeklyLenny's Newsletter
Product and growth, deeply researched. The paid tier is a model for what a members' newsletter plus a room looks like at scale.
Rob WallingBootstrapped SaaS, for twenty years
The stair-step approach: small product first, then the SaaS. The person who built the room we're most often compared to.
Worth listening
Long-form, for the driveStartups for the Rest of Us
Bootstrapped SaaS founders talking about pricing, churn and first customers, weekly, for well over a decade. The archive is the education.
Podcast · Indie HackersIndie Hackers
Founder interviews that go into the first-customer story in detail: who paid, how much, how they were found. Filter for the pre-$10k episodes.
The rooms we're compared to
Read them. Join one if it fits you better.MicroConf Connect
300+ bootstrapped SaaS founders at every stage, a monthly expert session, a vault of talks. The right room once you're past the first customers.
$697 / yearDynamite Circle
Since 2011. Masterminds of four to eight founders, in-person events worldwide. For founders already running a business, not starting one.
Ours, when there's something worth linking: the library's public sample is the first one. Want something on this shelf? Post it in the room with one line on why.