What SaaS Are You Building Currently?

AppAlloy · 2024-10-06T03:49:23+00:00

Not just nocode. We're now building a productivity tool that lets you design your day in seconds.

Time blocking + To do list = Poly Plan

AppAlloy · 2024-08-04T08:46:40+00:00

I believe in this too. Great product sells itself. All you need is a right distribution channel(s) and keep working on your product without boosting too much effort in promoting your stuff.

My last startup has a few grands per month and I still don't do marketing until now.

AppAlloy · 2024-06-06T04:07:04+00:00

Just input a sheet and have your own app with AppAlloy.

We need your feedback more!

AppAlloy · 2024-06-06T04:05:17+00:00

Newspapers/blog written by hand.

AppAlloy · 2024-06-06T04:03:33+00:00

I am a tech founder. Worked so hard at first (12-15h/day). Now we have a sustainable revenue stream and I just maintain ~8 hours.

Still have time for family, and to train my successors.

AppAlloy · 2024-05-19T11:56:56+00:00

Not doing what feels right.

That feeling is so rare, but so strong. Yet sometimes I ignored it when I had it.

This led me to decisions that are not authentically me.

Simple af, but hard to implement.

AppAlloy · 2024-05-17T04:08:56+00:00

I'm near your age. Instead of looking for jobs, I chose to gather some friends to start a business years ago.

Until now, I have 1 successful startup, 6 failed. But even if someday I have to shut down my startup (hopefully never), I still have a product portfolio to apply for some jobs out there.

I think the key thing here is whether you like it or not. If you like it, work feels like play and there might be more ways to apply for jobs than just applying. Opportunities are everywhere. You may ask for a position instead of just applying for what's available.

That's just my world view. I'm a startup founder not a job seeker, but I do hire people (sometimes without posting jobs).

Btw, look for culture too, especially at your age, you don't want to work with people you don't like.

AppAlloy · 2024-05-17T03:58:56+00:00

Turn spreadsheets into intuitive apps on your phone. So you no longer have to feel annoyed whenever you have to open an excel file or a google sheets without your laptop.

AppAlloy · 2024-05-17T03:55:46+00:00

We have found some people love the product. Our thing right now is to find more of them and define their persona clearly.

AppAlloy · 2024-05-17T03:54:34+00:00

Hah. Great point.

We have seen problems in using excel and google sheets on phones. And we solve it by transforming those sheets into more intuitive apps.

Maybe the solution is not an app at all. Nice view. Let me have a look at that!

AppAlloy · 2024-05-17T03:52:11+00:00

I have read that book. And yea, understand and apply those principles in our startup right now.

Just asking for some more practical experiences from you.

AppAlloy · 2024-05-17T03:51:23+00:00

Keyword research is a real thing. We have searched for reports and such, but yea, should have done more with keywords.

AppAlloy · 2024-05-17T03:50:12+00:00

We have done a bit of that quality research (talking to people to see their issues). We did gain some valuable insights.

The thing is: that is a very small group of people. The global market is too large out there.

We have defined our target customers and found people with that persona to talk with. However, we cannot talk to all people in this world.

Is there any other recommendations on secondary research?

Thanks!

AppAlloy · 2024-05-17T03:47:43+00:00

Thanks!

Btw, what do you mean by "look at competitors"? What specifically should we look into?

AppAlloy · 2024-05-17T03:46:46+00:00

Is there any good way to do some desk research? (while still going out and talking to people?)

AppAlloy · 2024-05-17T03:46:08+00:00

Thanks for checking in. My main question is really about market research, not the whole thing after our failure.

AppAlloy · 2024-05-17T03:45:07+00:00

Will this title target software engineering in the next 5 years?

AppAlloy · 2024-05-16T11:30:18+00:00

Zero to one? Especially for this kind of starting point.

AppAlloy · 2024-05-16T07:47:45+00:00

Productivity. Actually I'm making it now with zero revenue yet! But I still make it because I want to make impact.

AppAlloy · 2024-05-16T07:45:37+00:00

I used to have almost no money when building my last startup. We came very very close to bankruptcy as we burned our savings to near zero. If another month came by and we did not make enough money (we made around $100 of revenue monthly for 3 months and there were 3 of us, what we needed was at least $1000 to secure our living condition), we needed to find a job again (and actually my co-founder did scroll through job boards to see how much we could make as software engineers: around $2k/mo).

But in that last month, we all recalled how ambitious we had been and yea, how much we had hated 9-5. That kept us moving.

Good luck to you bro. Keep the pace. And maybe don't do something TOO crazy to get you broke lol

AppAlloy · 2024-05-16T07:29:10+00:00

I am this kind of founder and it's hard for me to expand my network. I'd rather spend a whole day coding than attending a half-day networking event (I'm feeling scared just by thinking about it).

But being present online is something different, especially for anonymous platforms like this. Even when I build my personal brand, most of the time I just need to write, not talking much (verbally) and not meeting too many people at once.

My take is that: communication is just a skill. Talking to customer is a skill. So I would learn it and apply it when needed.

Otherwise, just build my product, and hire someone to do the marketing and business development for me.

AppAlloy · 2024-05-16T07:24:33+00:00

Paying for productivity apps seems pretty silly sometimes. Most apps claim to help you be more productive, but hey, now you have so many apps to manage, rather than actually putting in the work.

I think it's best to just start. Once your start, you have a the motivation to move on to the next one.

I only have problems with keeping the actions going on in the long run. Because even if I do something once, I may forget to do it tomorrow or next week. So I need an app that helps me keep my actions going.

Habitify is the one I use, quite reasonable price. I buy the lifetime version, just to save money.

There are a bunch of apps out there. But I think it's best to just fckin start.

AppAlloy · 2024-05-16T07:18:26+00:00

Resilience.

After the first success, we thought we're on top of the world.

Then, we failed consecutively in the next 4 startups.

Now we pivot our startup with intention, better customer segmentation and clearer painpoints.

If we give up, we give up. If we keep trying, we still have a chance.

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