Playbooks
Start a SaaS as a solo founder
Start a SaaS as a solo founder: Build the smallest thing that someone will pay for, and let them shape the rest. 1) Find a boring, repeated problem in an industry you know. 2) Talk to 10 people with that problem, and ask how they solve it now. 3) Offer to solve it by hand first, for money.
The steps
- Find a boring, repeated problem in an industry you know.
- Talk to 10 people with that problem, and ask how they solve it now.
- Offer to solve it by hand first, for money.
- Only then build the smallest version, in weeks and not in months.
- Charge from day one: free users tell you little.
- Talk to a customer every week, and ship something every week.
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Block two hours to list 20 people who have the problem and message them.
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