I won this competition with my app and then decided to ship it as a SaaS.
This is my first launch, so I don't have any experience on how to check if my idea is valid and if I have product-market fit.
After more than 10 years as a Senior Dev, I am feeling stagnated. I have a decent salary, but I want more for my family.
Because of that, I decided to try something different, so I entered this competition.
I won, and I am really happy about it, but this doesn't change my life in a material way. So I decided to give it a shot and launch it as a SaaS.
I've been studying how to be a SaaS Founder, but it's just too much to do alone. I am good at building software, but the marketing, sales, customer support, etc... Man... it is too much for one person.
So I am looking for tips on the best way to validate my idea. I am trying to market it, but I don't think I am doing it right.
Maybe I need to accept the sad truth that my first launches are not going to make any money, and that is okay.
But at the same time, I have a wife and 2 kids, so I am anxious about optimizing my learnings to start making some money to justify the time I am investing in this and make it worth it for them.
Please help me with some advice on how to move forward.
Not addressing your actual question. However, if this is the horse you want to continue betting on:
> I've been studying how to be a SaaS Founder, but it's just too much to do alone. I am good at building software, but the marketing, sales, customer support, etc... Man... it is too much for one person.
This will continue being true. I think your priority should be finding a compatible business-oriented co-founder (or first hire, but that one's even trickier).
After more than 10 years as a Senior Dev, I am feeling stagnated. I have a decent salary, but I want more for my family.
Because of that, I decided to try something different, so I entered this competition. I won, and I am really happy about it, but this doesn't change my life in a material way. So I decided to give it a shot and launch it as a SaaS.
I've been studying how to be a SaaS Founder, but it's just too much to do alone. I am good at building software, but the marketing, sales, customer support, etc... Man... it is too much for one person.
So I am looking for tips on the best way to validate my idea. I am trying to market it, but I don't think I am doing it right.
Maybe I need to accept the sad truth that my first launches are not going to make any money, and that is okay. But at the same time, I have a wife and 2 kids, so I am anxious about optimizing my learnings to start making some money to justify the time I am investing in this and make it worth it for them.
Please help me with some advice on how to move forward.
Thank you!
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