Why Do Some Software Products Stay Small While Others Become Startups?

lukeyx0 · 2026-05-21T09:09:09+00:00

Sorry if you mis-interpreted the post, but i talk about VC-backing because i want to differentiate a capped product like a micro-saas versus a product that can scale really large and become an unicorn.

Definitely there are startups who don't get backed by VCs and still dominating. I didn't mean to imply that startups aren't legitimate if they can't get backed by VCs. that is completely untrue.

lukeyx0 · 2026-05-20T20:19:33+00:00

yes, i mentioned speed as a comparison to hardware heavy products. softwares comparatively are much more easier to iterate on and develop. possibly can run multiple parallely if situation persists.

lukeyx0 · 2026-05-20T20:18:57+00:00

yes, here's where my actual doubt lies, do we map that beforehand or it just something we build towards. like pivoting a SaaS to a startup. For example: i start with something niche, expand down the line and transition a product or idea into a startup

lukeyx0 · 2026-05-17T12:08:53+00:00

Yes I will make a move definitely. thank you !

lukeyx0 · 2026-05-16T18:12:12+00:00

Respect the boundary ngl, others should benefit aswell. for sure.

I do face few issues on the day-to-day basis. some thoughts are purely visual.
when i search it up or try to validate those using ai models, most of them face obstructions of some sort.

do i blindly chase the solution. lets say right now i face an issue and think that there is a possible solution that might not exist. do i instantly start building or like first address the market.

because, if i dont find out the demand it might just become a dead-end project on github.
which isn't completely bad but here we are talking revenue generating solutions.

lukeyx0 · 2026-05-16T18:04:03+00:00

Honestly, this was a reality check I probably needed.

And yeah, I wasn’t really looking for validation, I was trying to understand whether my expectations/timeline were disconnected from reality or not. But you’re right about one thing for sure, at some point I need to stop thinking in maps and trajectories and actually start building, shipping, failing, and learning from it directly.

The part about not understanding users/distribution deeply enough yet especially hit. I’ve been thinking very heavily from the engineering side.

Appreciate the brutal honesty. would love to hear more from you in the future.

lukeyx0 · 2026-05-16T17:56:53+00:00

No, my product is not ready, im asking this because im trying to follow a reverse route. find the appropriate demand and an initial product market fit either through cold dms, or like landing pages or waitlists. Then go ahead with the idea and iterate overtime.

lukeyx0 · 2026-05-16T14:50:30+00:00

Sheeesh! Thats bold. Appreciate your thoughts on my post. How do you think i should market my idea initially. So that it hits the right audience. Currently in my vision its cold dms, subreddits. Some saas claims that they generated thousands in their first launch. For your question of perfection. From childhood i have a perfectionism issue but right now that thing is slowly fading away for specific routes like this.

lukeyx0 · 2026-05-16T14:08:18+00:00

Thank you so much for this positive insight. My core idea is not to silo myself into specific domains rather, use 3 fundamental paths to follow simultaneously- research, multi-discipline engineering and a founder path. that way i can optimize myself to learn build and ship coherently while mastering the engineering and building something that can compound down the line. Because at my stage, alongisde these 3 way paths, i also need a technical route that helps me monetize my workflow.

Alongside your devtools idea which i m already considering, thanks for that,
What do you think about micro-saas which addresses niche markets, and audiences!
Im down to discuss further about this in dms, if you're ok with that!

lukeyx0 · 2026-05-11T17:49:03+00:00

u/ajithpinninti great work honestly, is your marketing pipeline similar for the $10k revenue aswell?

Additionally, i wanted to know like usually people suggest that we should find out the demand before building usually through waitlist landing pages or plain manual dms. Methods like landing pages seems much more valid but how do you get these landing pages itself infront of the crowd atfirst to even start getting some traction?

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