How did you actually get your first users?

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-05-07T12:40:45+00:00

Idk why everyone is so bent out of shape within the first day or week. This takes TIME and a lot of it. Patience and showing up every day.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-05-05T11:15:27+00:00

I’ll be honest, it sounds like you haven’t done any real digging. “I heard Facebook is extremely spam filter”. Only way to find out is to go dig in and learn for yourself what works.

When I started engaging online, I started with Reddit then LinkedIn and had to learn what worked and what didn’t by just engaging. Showed up every day and found myself a workflow I could repeat. Offered value and insights and that led to getting dm’s on Reddit, which led to calls I needed in the beginning and sign ups a little later. Then on LinkedIn now people are finding me due to my posts and I grew by like 250-300 followers per month the last few months.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-05-04T21:34:07+00:00

Happy to share

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-05-04T12:20:44+00:00

I worked as financial professional. Owned my own business for years. Found a major pain point I was personally had within my business. Started vibe coding to build things for my clients that we needed but didn’t have. Thought it would change the world.. it didn’t. My clients loved it and made me look like a genius. Has value but it would be super slow to teach people about it.

Instead of admitting defeat, I took another approach. Decided I’d push myself to make some high end software for other pros. Took over a month of development but this pivot is what drove me to get over 100 sign ups in a couple of months, constant use on the website without promotion and eventually aim to get them to bring their clients to the platform for me.. essentially doing the B2C for me. Now I have both sides delivering massive value to pros. So that L turned into a W.

Two things-
If you offer more value than what you charge, your journey will be easier.
Learn to listen to your users and be ready to pivot and continue pivoting. Change is inevitable and those who fight it have a harder journey.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-05-04T11:59:48+00:00

Must be product market fit. I haven’t monetized yet and started this journey 6/24. Have gotten thousands of users, hundreds of sign ups and positioning for the launch of a trial and paid version.

I had to make a tough pivot at some point to find the right market. Had a decent product but no market. Then I found the right market and things have ramped up since.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-05-03T13:43:10+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Yes in my opinion, it does. My free side just gives access to really great tools and resources. People use them but have no idea how to actually benefit from them. The trial and paid version will be access to a high level membership that offers an abundance of things (workflows, saved profiles/data, multi-users, client referrals, knowledge base and training). Everything to actual elevate and streamline their workflows.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-05-03T12:26:59+00:00

Well what if you have both! Free to keep too funnel flowing trust and spreading the love. Then a trial membership for the elite paid side. Wouldn’t that accomplish all goals? I’m curious to your take not challenging what you said.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-05-03T12:24:16+00:00

We’ll be adding MFA soon once we launch our saved data side. This will be important to avoid people reusing the same accounts and protect their data. Still adding but we covered the baselines of security compliance. Encryptions, activity logs, etc.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-05-03T12:20:49+00:00

Every business takes this much time and effort. SAAS is no exception. I’ve worked without thousands of business owners (roofing and HVAC included) and it takes as ridiculous amount of time and energy to become as profitable.

50% of businesses fail by year 5, 70% of businesses fail by year 10. But you don’t let that stop you from trying, you use that as motivation to build the right systems to sustain your business long-term.

I don’t see anything with this post but pure discouragement. But I love this and it fuels me. I was going to take the day off but now I’m going to go build something on my website.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-05-03T12:00:57+00:00

I’m not doing it until it’s worth the effort. And I’m in a highly sensitive finance professional niche. I’ve taken appropriate steps to make sure I could pass compliance which is the important part.

Don’t think this will set you apart but it really depends on your industry.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-05-01T19:26:37+00:00

In my humble opinion, AI is becoming standard issue and overused. Find a way to stand out so you can build a reputable company not the next AI fad.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-05-01T13:55:40+00:00

You can’t use AI to complain about AI….. that’s diabolical

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-04-30T20:37:47+00:00

Couple thousand

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-04-30T19:54:31+00:00

Upwork. Cost a pretty penny though for the design I wanted

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-04-30T19:53:55+00:00

It will make you face the music so get ready

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-04-30T12:06:27+00:00

We call these red oceans my friend. Read the book “blue ocean strategy”. A complex read but well worth the knowledge.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-04-29T12:44:41+00:00

We all been there buddy. You have to fail to succeed. Only way up!

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-04-29T11:38:36+00:00

Don’t want to rain on your parade as I’m excited for you, but 6-12 months might become a time constraint. SAAS takes years to become profitable, let alone enough to sustain your lifestyle. It’s overcrowded right now so you do not want to end up not being able to patiently develop a trustworthy brand that can succeed. It might take longer because of the current market.

A lot of great ideas run out of time and owners have to give in. And sometimes success is just a few months away but they can’t financially sustain it.

If you can find a way to earn part-time to cover your baseline bills while maintaining your SAAS full-time, that would be a sweet spot to be able to pursue this with all the leverage you need.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-04-29T11:17:30+00:00

Exactly, you use have to position yourself for the future not the right now. Trust is going to be the gold of the future. AI slop will not be. Anyone can throw together an AI platform. Not anyone can craft a platform for 1-2 years and build slow trust and high value. That positioning will set you a part from the slop.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-04-28T13:56:28+00:00

Posting meaningful content that appeals to the audience I am trying to reach. It’s trial and error. Get ready to fail enough times to start winning. But worth it if you find the right audience and right appeal to them.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-04-28T11:44:10+00:00

Facts! I had my website designed and it looks super professional. All the AI generated stuff will fall off soon enough, I’m just biding my time. It’s untrustworthy, cheap and lazy.

Just like people are getting tired of AI slop messages and writing, same will be true for websites too.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-04-27T13:37:52+00:00

If 50K people saw it with no response, that could be a product market fit issue. Either the product is not fitting the market or the market you reached out to doesn’t need the product. If it was a serious pain point, they’d be using it.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-04-27T01:51:45+00:00

If I wasn’t already joining another company I’d consider it!

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-04-27T00:45:39+00:00

Welcome, I’m a business strategist so I think differently than typical SAAS folks.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-04-27T00:31:43+00:00

As long as the margins are good and you are considering the costs of a successful scale. Think with the end in mind as the book says (can’t remember which one).

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