SaaS Yearbook — A year-by-year study on how SaaS companies became unicorns

Hi Product Hunt My name is Victor Z, and I am the maker of the SaaS Yearbook project. I am excited to share this project with the Product Hunt community! Over the last few months, as I was developing my own productivity tool, I decided to study 6 SaaS unicorns (valued at over $10 Billion) to understand how they became who they are today, and I wish to share what I learned with all PHers. The 6 SaaS tools I researched were (along with my one-liner insights): Slack - Slack is actually the second successful pivot by Steward Butterfield. Both pivots were from the failure of gaming projects. Discord - the making of the internet’s hottest bar for Gen Z Notion - how a duo of digital nomads saved their product by starting from zero again Figma - A design tool for more than just designers Miro - How a small agency in Russia created the internet’s most popular whiteboard. Airtable - How one startup democratized database and accelerated the no-code movement. Why did I build it? As a SaaS entrepreneur, I believe a company’s true success stories are normally some lesser-known facts that you can’t find on mainstream media like TechCrunch. As a result, I have always wanted to conduct an extensive, in-depth, and chronological study on how SaaS startups became unicorns and share my learnings with the community. What’s unique about it? With this yearbook, I wish to show people not just what I learned, but also HOW I LEARNT - I believe when information behind knowledge is presented in the right way, people can learn effectively. This means the yearbook is curated in the following way: CHRONOLOGICAL: All the companies in the yearbook are studied and presented in a year-by-year format, with the intention to best illustrate their organic growth of them. CONTEXTUAL: All the insights listed in the yearbook are presented with a curated link to a source(websites), where readers can trace the context and background, simply through a click. PERPETUAL: All the sources and websites are preserved and presented in their original format, to demonstrate the story as authentic as possible. Victor

This is pretty cool 👌 uncovering the true essence of success is key. Often enough we only get to see a shiny tip of the iceberg. Thanks for putting it together!

Congrats! Good to see your product here! 😊🔥🚀

A year-by-year study on how SaaS companies became unicorns. Everyone in ProductHunt needs it.

Victor, I am absolutely blown away by the launch of the SaaS Yearbook! Your passion for using technology to help people be more productive and creative shines through in every aspect of the yearbook. I have learned so much about the histories of Slack, Discord, Notion, Figma, Miro, and Airtable and the lessons they have to offer. The detailed sources and vivid pictures make the stories come alive and the intuitive layout makes it easy to navigate and learn. The SaaS Yearbook is a true masterpiece and a testament to your dedication and hard work. I am so proud to be a part of your journey and can't wait to see where Superus takes you. Keep up the incredible work and I wish you all the best with your Product Hunt launch!

Congratulations on the launch🎉💯 It is really helpful

great resource, congrats on the launch

This is such an interesting and engaging initiative

The product behind SaaS Yearbook: Superus Behind the yearbook, there is a product called Superus - an all-in-one canvas for web-native minds. As the creator of Superus, I built the tool with key design principles: VISUAL: Each yearbook built-in Superus is presented in a visual space where design details like color, font, and layout are highly customizable. You can also group information and navigate using Frames. SOURCE : All sources (websites) presented in the yearbook are saved as static files and can be shared in their original format from the time it was created - this means even if the content was updated or the page became 404, your Superus source will always be kept intact. LINKED: All sources in the yearbook are carefully linked to one another, through which my thinking process can be presented in a curated way to its readers.

All the best for your launch Can't wait to deep dive and check it out!

Interesting! Congrats on the launch 🚀

This is really nice! Congratulations on the launch!

Hi @victorzh this looks neat!

Wow this is quality! Thanks for sharing and congrats on the launch!

Looks fantastic and incredible @victorzh Looking forward to many stories being added there.

Wow, this is indeed a lot of dedication, congratulations ?makers.

Perfect product for PH community haha

Amazing job Victor, this is really cool

What attracted me was the tool that built the saas yearbook. https://www.superusapp.com/

Been amped about getting this 🤩 congrats on the launch!!