Episode notes
A story about choosing technical battles that create unbeatable unit economics—while competitors bleed money.
This episode is for SaaS founders tired of chasing short-term monetization—and wondering if there's a smarter way to build something customers actually fight to keep.
Most SaaS companies fail because they take technical shortcuts.
They outsource infrastructure to move fast, then discover they can't compete on price.
Richard White, CEO of Fathom, took a different path. He's the inventor of the feedback tab and builder of UserVoice before founding Fathom in 2020. White spent two years building infrastructure that competitors shortcut with expensive third-party services—creating an economic moat that lets him "bully competitors" out of the market.
And this inspired me to invite Richard to my pod ...
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