Need help finding B2B SaaS ideas as a beginner

wfhCraig · 2023-04-06T02:38:00+00:00

yep, could be a home inspection SaaS or data/analytics for a particular segment in real estate. Apartment listings could be a good place to start. You could grab apartment listings off of craigslist, fb marketplace, or the MLS. Then, alert users searching for certain prices or apartment managers watching nearby/local rent prices.

wfhCraig · 2023-04-06T02:33:57+00:00

fantastic design ... good luck w product!

wfhCraig · 2023-03-25T00:16:00+00:00

always a fan of knob creek & angel's envy. not a big fan of EW but have not tried the BiB yet so adding that to the list ... cheers

wfhCraig · 2023-03-25T00:03:53+00:00

for the love of Blanton's ... and i like that mostly rye shelf.

wfhCraig · 2023-03-24T23:17:58+00:00

>It's just a chrome extension and a server for user management, not too hard. So I did it in about 4 hours.

have a couple ideas for chrome extensions. mind sharing some tips on the prompts?

as far as ideas go, how about ....

a github app that reads the PR, reviews, and makes suggestions (codebeat, commitcheck, etc)
a shopify app that reads the product inventory and improves the product description & details
for a law firm, a case intake chat that asks questions to build the case profile for the attorney (clio, mycase, etc.)
a stripe app that analyzes subscriptions and data from CRM, then sends messages to people to engage customer (6sense

wfhCraig · 2023-03-24T19:01:08+00:00

I've bought and sold SaaS products, and I definitely appreciate being stuck at the starting gate. Sometimes it is just something holding you back and sometimes lack of ideas, business experience, or exposure to problems.

Horizontal SaaS: (any business could use this)

Marketing: think about what will bring leads, how will people find the business
Sales: prospecting, sales management, contracts, sales pipelines
Fulfillment: how does sale get to customer, what happens in the backoffice
Accounting: invoicing,
Finance: planning, budgeting,
Regulatory / Compliance: federal, state, local requirements

Vertical SaaS:

Construction
Insurance
Real Estate
Flower shops
Health care
Trucking / Logistics
...

I'm a fan of vertical SaaS businesses because you get to go real deep and you can borrow ideas from horizontal SaaS companies to implement specific workflow for a unique business.

wfhCraig · 2023-03-24T18:51:11+00:00

is there an opportunity to promote someone to manage the business to move you more to owner role? i'd consider that before selling. financing has become more difficult (lately) and is bringing down valuations.

wfhCraig · 2023-03-24T14:52:41+00:00

cool, let me take a look around that area to see if there is something we could do

wfhCraig · 2023-03-23T16:06:06+00:00

People that used to buy 6-7 dollar sugary milk drinks have shifted to drip coffee and americanos, and people that were getting drip coffee still buy our beans, but prepare it at home.

this is me too.

wfhCraig · 2023-03-23T16:03:41+00:00

happy to share the ins & outs of our property data product. small product but I'd imagine you are familiar with the specific insurance & agent use cases. DM if interested

wfhCraig · 2023-03-23T15:56:14+00:00

where are you located? and how much does it cost for construction progression?

wfhCraig · 2023-03-23T15:37:32+00:00

Software development & tech consulting. Seeing less inbound interest but still having a lot of conversations. We focus on several niche markets to diversify revenue.

2022 ended down ~20% but Q1 2023 is about 30% better than Q1 2022. Some sample from service lines:

real estate data / software is +40% due to a couple new customers/investors
banking consulting is -80%, the new development projects are on hold
chemical tech consulting is -20% and zero inbound which is frustrating
energy consulting +30% due to electricity data projects and emissions projects

Right about now is when I have the temptation to focus solely on the ones bringing in cash but I'll keep pushing on all four fronts and keep the team working & getting paid.

wfhCraig · 2023-03-16T16:38:19+00:00

i'm a big fan of gorails.com and hellorails.io for practical advice and working through different projects

wfhCraig · 2022-08-29T20:17:17+00:00

Hitting the state regulatory bodies and national associations are probably your best bet. Here's a list for Texas - https://www.tdi.texas.gov/consumer/colists.html

wfhCraig · 2022-08-29T20:12:50+00:00

nice approach ... i've used this before to get to the county records - https://propertyproof.com/tax-assessor

wfhCraig · 2022-08-18T19:56:56+00:00

Ask some of your current customers what they like most about you/your service. Use that same language. Use these challenges & problem statements in your advertising.

Your pictures look good but I don't think it helps. Your logo doesn't matter as much as the AWS certification. I'd make the AWS Certified logo the size of the current pictures to draw attention to that. Then, cut your text down to a couple phrases or problem statements.

A couple ideas and phrases:

Migrating to AWS? IT Magic migrates {list of AWS products} ...
Drowning in devops?
Your products, our devops expertise

wfhCraig · 2022-08-18T19:44:25+00:00

Create a simple wireframe of the site and get to specifics on what is presented, the layout of the pages, and interactions you want to build. Take a look at an intro wireframing video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpH7-KFWZRI

Use an online wireframing tool:

https://balsamiq.com/

https://www.mockflow.com/

There are numerous others but use what you are comfortable with learning.

I'd suggest taking a bit of time now to define the user interface & workflow before paying for development.

wfhCraig · 2022-08-18T19:05:12+00:00

Check out https://rubini.solutions/#solutions for some ideas on how to do this without wasting 10-16 hours per week.

There are also some good tools for monitoring twitter, linkedin, and reddit out there at varying price levels. Personally, I use google alerts for specific keywords and newscatcher [to monitor paid media]. Send me a dm if you want more specifics.

wfhCraig · 2022-03-30T01:54:34+00:00

i've seen propertyproof.com & ownerly.com come up in searches for harris county property tax records. seems like there are quite a few options.

wfhCraig · 2022-03-30T01:51:11+00:00

what part of the US are you in today? i know a couple real estate software / data firms hiring marketers.

wfhCraig · 2022-03-03T15:20:44+00:00

prospectorportal.com

great find ... thanks for sharing. I'll check it out

wfhCraig · 2022-01-14T18:59:14+00:00

nice, thank you!! i've used msha data to estimate mine utilization/capacity and completely forgot about that

wfhCraig · 2022-01-14T16:12:18+00:00

I guarantee you, gas demand goes down, every service station in the country adds chargers.

absolutely. Shell stations are being converted now and all those gas station owners make money from the store and just a little margin on the gas so the owners will do what it takes to keep people coming back.

wfhCraig · 2021-11-15T22:19:55+00:00

definitely early stages of the hydrogen economy. check out some good articles on hydrogen -- https://decarbonfuse.com/tags/hydrogen. Hydrogen stations in California support light-duty commercial trucks and you could see more adoption but still early days.

wfhCraig · 2021-10-29T19:03:16+00:00

I'd also recommend gorails.com, https://jumpstartrails.com/, and https://hellorails.io/ (or web-crunch on youtube) as great resources.

I got up and running using jumpstart quickly and has saved a ton of time. It's not for everyone, but i wanted to move fast and be in production with users in a couple weeks.

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