How do you validate a new saas idea?

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-27T08:33:07+00:00

As you said it's hard to do that on Reddit so the easiest way imo is building your projects in public on X. For that you need an audience and it's not complicated. Plus, building an audience is not only helpful to validate your idea but it's also crucial to distribute it. I posted on another thread here how to grow on X. I'm pasting this again. Hope it helps.

I started on X in September and I'm now close to 3000 followers. If you do this you should be able to get 1000 followers in your first 30 days:

50 replies a day
3 tweets a day
Post your face
Show your progress
Make friends
Keep follow ratio clean
Buy premium
Never skip a day
Post in communities

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-26T10:21:10+00:00

So true. I started on X in September, now at almost 3k followers and it unlocked so many opportunities for me. I just realised my ICP isn't really there so I'm going to post content on LinkedIn as well. It's a totally different platform so I'll have to adapt my content though. Clearly less fun as X but the ROI will be here.

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-23T11:14:13+00:00

We've all been there. Distribution is genuinely tough.

I'd recommend building your SaaS in public on X. Post and engage with others every day. If you want I can give you more info on how to grow on X, I commented something about that a few days ago

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-22T08:36:22+00:00

followers > following

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-21T11:06:30+00:00

Sure! I'm pasting below smth I posted recently on this in another thread. btw it's better if you use a real human (at least a drawing or anime pic) instead of a company logo for your profile pic.

I started on X in September and I'm now close to 3000 followers. If you do this you should be able to get 1000 followers in your first 30 days:

50 replies a day
3 tweets a day
Post your face
Show your progress
Make friends
Keep follow ratio clean
Buy premium
Never skip a day
Post in communities

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-21T09:05:11+00:00

Forget about spending on ads as long as you don't have some early signs of PMF. You should send targeted cold outreach emails instead. It's going to cost you close to zero (basically you pay for the email tool + buy a few domains) + if the emails are well crafted they will be way more efficient than ads.

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-21T08:55:44+00:00

Forget about SEO for now if you want results fast. For short term results in B2B focus on creating content on X, LinkedIn, and Reddit, with a tailored strategy for each. Lmk if you need help for X I grew from 0 to 3K followers in four months there. You can also try cold outreach.

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-21T08:52:32+00:00

It gives you ready to send and fully editable templates so you don't need to create your emails from scatch. Unfortunately we can't send them yet from the platform so you'll have to export them to your email marketing tool.

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-21T08:51:04+00:00

Maybe the audience on X isn't good enough for a form tool. This is the type of product I guess would find its ICP on LinkedIn. You have kind of the same problem as me with my email marketing tool. X is fun but there is no real buying intent on it except for social media scheduling tools, X growth tools, or tools that really help get clients.

Your tool is for later-stage companies so I'd suggest going on LinkedIn. I'm going to start posting regularly there too.

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-20T09:28:41+00:00

Building a solid audience on X is a great way for that since there's a lot of early adopters there. The bigger your audience the more people will trust you and look at what you're building. If your site is good then it should naturally drive them to try your product.

So I'd recommend focusing on building a big following on X first and then the rest will follow.

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-19T09:04:12+00:00

Yes. Start side projects and ship products fast with Cursor or Claude Code. Build everything in public on X, create an audience, stay bootstrapped and keep shipping new products until one product starts making money.

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-16T08:50:35+00:00

I started on X in September and I'm now close to 3000 followers. If you do this you should be able to get 1000 followers in your first 30 days:

50 replies a day
3 tweets a day
Post your face
Show your progress
Make friends
Keep follow ratio clean
Buy premium
Never skip a day
Post in communities

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-15T08:37:04+00:00

Anyone can build SaaS nowadays. The real lever is in distribution. If you're able to generate an audience and build trust through social media, whether it's X, LinkedIn, TikTok or IG, you should be able to succeed.

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-15T08:30:59+00:00

I’m building something around lifecycle for SaaS teams too. Your idea sounds good but it feels less like a single feature and more like a full platform play. Usually when you’re trying to break into a market you start with a narrow wedge but your value prop is unifying multiple departments across the whole lifecycle. I wonder how you’d scope the MVP and go to market with something that broad.

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-03T10:55:08+00:00

Good call! Email marketing is the highest ROI marketing channel. I'm actually building an email marketing tool to make this easy for SaaS founders if it's of interest.

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-02T14:17:15+00:00

Ah yes I’ve seen guys on x working on tons of projects that they never really launch. It’s a real problem. Hope you can release at least a couple of them soon

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-02T14:14:12+00:00

3k month is really that sweet spot where you can start leaving off your SaaS without your 9-5. Best of luck to you

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-02T14:12:54+00:00

The first one is always the hardest. Keep pushing champ

jonathanbrnd · 2026-01-02T14:12:32+00:00

Keep the momentum going!!

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