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by patio11 3769 days ago
Multiples are just prices, and prices are set where buyers and sellers agree. Fortune 500 companies are not operated like, or sold like, SaaS companies with $1k, $10k, or $50k MRR. People who buy SaaS businesses for $50k to $5 million generally offer 2~4X. If you think they're really, really worth 10X, start offering 5X and making out like a bandit; I predict you'd become fast friends with a lot of SaaS owners.