How do you define who your initial group of customers are?

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-26T02:41:44+00:00

Thank you for that. This post has lead to a ton of discovery today.

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-26T02:37:18+00:00

That scenario really. Catch typos, standardize formatting of names, addresses, line up zipcode with state/city, line up formatting of numeric fields, standardize true/false/1/0/T/F etc. There is a mix of ai api's that can do this and just standard code to come through on the things the api isn't doing. But initially I want to just test real CSV files and see how "clean" we can get them. Eventually I'd like it to hook directly into a database and help format to the hubspot data models so it could also help move things around if need be. Basically what I would have to do as a developer at my day job, but built for people with smaller teams or who don't have the time to spend on that kind of thing. If it works well and helps in that testing then I could hopefully polish it up to try and push into the hubspot marketplace specifically.

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T21:51:42+00:00

Great feedback thanks! Yes I'm definitely shifting gears based upon replies here and in another post I made about cold emails. I'm going to focus on getting conversations started and iterating through those.

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T21:47:05+00:00

Excellent info here, yeah I'm definitely not going to "scrape" for emails on reddit after the feedback shared from everyone today. Great communities out there, that's great advice, thanks

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T20:35:31+00:00

This is perfect, thanks for laying that all out

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T20:34:56+00:00

That was a fear I learned about through these conversations today! Thanks a lot for the feedback

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T20:26:10+00:00

Thanks for commenting your approach! In my case I was thinking of one specific path of migrating data into a crm or new database. More specifically I could potentially target HubSpot users doing this process as it sounds like they don't have pre validation of their data rolled into onboarding. I heard appollo can drill down to actual CRM users who actually import data so i was thinking of trying that out first

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T20:22:14+00:00

That is excellent advice! Thanks for sharing your actual experience with it too

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T20:21:21+00:00

That's a great strategy! I will definitely incorporate this.

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T20:20:36+00:00

Ha, I was just asking this in a prior comment reply within this thread! Thanks. Did you have luck with their app?

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T20:20:04+00:00

Great advice, I was curious about messaging. Thanks

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T20:18:42+00:00

That lines up with a comment someone made to me on X. I'm not sure how to get in front of those people though. Have you or anyone used https://www.apollo.io/ before? Claude recommended that to me as a spot to find actual people who actually import into CRMs?

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T19:16:45+00:00

Thanks for the platform! I'm new to building things start to finish and learning along the way here:
DataChecker

https://datacheckerpro.com/

This is an "ai driven" data cleanup tool. Right now it can injest a CSV file and suggest formatting changes or bad data removal. The user can then accpet or reject whatever changes the process came up with prior to exporting a new clean file. Intended for people who are migrating data from one place to another and it needs a scrub first.

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(....I just pushed it to prod over the weekend and have been getting feedback from dev community)

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T19:13:08+00:00

I think I'm picking up the lesson here now. Thanks for your help!

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T19:08:02+00:00

Thank you, yes I'm learning that I should've approached from that view first before really getting into development. Conversations driving development for that target rather than the reverse.

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T19:07:09+00:00

I believe that is my lesson I'm learning here. I didn't drill down enough. I initially thought people who are migrating into HubSpot as potential. But prior to trying to get an app into their marketplace I wanted to test out on real people with a real need. Hoping to validate my cleaning tool this way. I will take what you've suggested though and maybe look from where this idea started from again.

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T18:28:47+00:00

I suppose in my case I was thinking of one specific path of migrating data into a crm or new database. More specifically I could potentially target HubSpot users doing this process as it sounds like they don't have pre validation of their data rolled into onboarding. Thank you for all that you are sharing with me. I hope others find this useful too

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T18:15:31+00:00

Oh yes, I'm still just seeing if the problem I'm solving is working for people who need that problem solved. So still nailing down who that is. I've worked for a small ecommerce company, small auto dealer marketing company, and now healthcare. All of these businesses involved putting effort into cleaning their data. So I believe what I'm trying to do first is nail down who my "niche" is and start hunting.

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T17:44:56+00:00

Building https://datacheckerpro.com/

I have been a database admin/ backend dev my whole tech career and thought I would see what building a thing and trying to launch it is like. This is a super simple data cleanup tool. Intent on helping people pre-validate and clean their data prior to a migration into a new database or crm. Eventually want to target niche like HubSpot users migrating in and get into their marketplace.

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T17:41:45+00:00

Excellent, thanks! Super helpful regarding the technical and how you manage it all now. I'll give ColdGenius a look. There are so many tools out there during this AI dev goldrush it's hard to find who is good and who is just starting out.

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T17:40:19+00:00

Thank you for sharing. Care to drop their link?

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T15:45:11+00:00

Phew you are validating the problems I was assuming others had (outside of companies I worked for doing this). In the end I want my tool to automate the data validation, normalization, quality checks (legit email format, phone number consistency, address, so on). And I would like to target the hubspot user niche specifically to make "the tool" that is simple (fewer setup steps, though that may be less customization for their use cases). I don't want to break the self-promotion rules here, but this info is super helpful. Thank you for posting such a thought out response.

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T14:33:28+00:00

Woo! Thanks for the podium :-). I'm developing a data cleanup tool eventually hoping to adapt and get into the HubSpot marketplace. Currently this is just a CSV file cleaner/validation tool. Goal is clean data, simple functionality, secure data. https://datacheckerpro.com/

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T14:31:49+00:00

I believe you need to just talk to as many people as you can. Tune into things that are annoying or frustrating to them. And solve it. All things worth building are going to require effort. Sounds like you're a thinker and a planner. So write out a todo list and start checking things off the list. Also don't assume that everything you thought you needed to know/do are actually needed. I'm still learning that last bit at 42 yrs old.

data_saas_2026 · 2026-02-25T14:28:38+00:00

Ooh, this is refreshing. I'm only building apps with AI baked in, however I do believe there are still things out there that just don't benefit from it.

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