Stuart Faught’s SaaS Build-and-Exit Playbook

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Stuart Faught describes a repeatable approach to building small vertical SaaS companies and selling them to first-time software owners. He says he has built and sold 20 SaaS businesses. In one unnamed example, he set out to reach about $100,000 in recurring revenue, listed the company on Acquire, and says he did so within 90 days before selling for about $500,000. He repeated a similar process in different verticals and now runs MiniHorse, which helps aspiring founders own a small software business. Faught’s earlier experience includes a reputation-management tool for local businesses, built after running an SEO agency for dentists; he says that first company served a couple thousand businesses and was bootstrapped over eight or nine years. His niche preference comes from operator fit: buyers should understand the industry and be willing to speak with its customers. This is a business-building and transfer model, not a guaranteed 90-day formula.