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Personally I think ‘SaaS’ is too broad a topic for a once a week newsletter and it doesn’t give me (or any potential subscriber) much context into what I should expect to see in my inbox each week.

I would suggest trying to get hyper-focused, so you reach a very specific and tight audience.

Off the top of my head here are some potential example topics - Weekly SaaS Case Studies, Weekly SaaS API News, Weekly SaaS Design Breakdown, Weekly SaaS Failutes/Shutdowns, Weekly MicroSaaS Spotlight, etc.

Just my two cents, good luck!

This might be a way to get a post-mvp idea that was built using No-Code/Low-Code to a code base but for a new unproven idea I would say buyer-beware, unlikely to get you what you want.

Productivity adjacent discussions and communities are great places to strike up a conversation and find like-minded people that could benefit from your tool.

Asking how others are currently solving the problem your tool does is a good entryway. You can follow their answer with a suggestion to try your product if it sounds like it could be useful.

For more of a shotgun approach you can post on betalist, reddit /startups Share Your Startup thread, ShowHN, etc.

I think this a really interesting take on social chat/collaboration!

The main reason I closed it was I felt disoriented when I opened the threads. Since it brought me to the end of the chat I had to scroll to the top to catch up (which has some loading lag) so it felt like I had to do too much work to get engaged. Perhaps the opening post could be pinned at least?

The other part I got kind of lost with was the lack of a back button to return to the topics. Using the browser isn’t an issue, but the way the UI is presented it seemed like it would be there but I didn’t see it.

Congrats on a cool project! It’s nice to see some fresh takes on social.

There may be some room for innovation in the way the results are handled, such as secondary searches and more powerful filters to make it easier to get where you wanted to without having to run a new opening search or using advanced search.

Honestly I’d be happy with a google that just let me quickly hide results from certain sites.

Mavis Beacon 5 years ago

I’m still shaken over the fact that Mavis Beacon was a made up character.

As a kid I had felt really encouraged that this nice woman was able to take her typing skills and turn it into this awesome software company.

No joke, hit me a lot harder than finding out Santa wasn’t real.

This is an interesting thought experiment.

Unfortunately i don't think this removes all the friction of having to add your items, writing descriptions, photos, getting things picked up or shipped.

the author agrees there are inherent problems in this model like what happens when things break or come back damaged, how much wear is acceptable, etc. but the magic contract is the solution, and the nuke option seems like it would need to be used heavily to solve disputes.

a peer to peer rent-a-center sounds cool in theory but not sure how it holds up at scale.

Clubhouse may figure out how to make it work long-term though I’m not convinced- but what is clear is the incredible speed that the larger social properties copy popular apps. Do they have dev teams just drop everything and get it done or do they have a team focused on copying the next big thing?

It's best to start with an early validation website, showcasing an MVP or at least testing interest and pricing with sketches or other mockups.

You could use one of the various landing page websites out there like leadpages, kickofflabs, etc. and have an email sign up form. From there you can email updates to your list of early adopters.

Buffer's MVP story is an easy to follow example: https://buffer.com/resources/idea-to-paying-customers-in-7-w...

Before I even do any real-world validation I like to score my idea based on four criteria -

1. how much time is needed to get this idea off the ground, 2. how much money is needed to get this idea off the ground, 3. how many new skills are needed to get this idea off the ground, 4. How much will I still enjoy building this a year from now?

Sometimes an idea is just too big or ambitious at first and this helps me sanity check it.

After that I like to validate my idea - for that I need to learn if people are:

1. interested in the idea 2. willing to pay/use it

I always recommend keeping it simple, fast, and cheap - customer interviews, landing pages, mock ups, etc.

This example from buffer - https://blog.bufferapp.com/idea-to-paying-customers-in-7-wee... has been around for a while but I still like to point it out as a good way to test a concept and see if people are willing to pay for it.

I'd love to hear what you are working on, I'm a business coach and do a lot of free coaching for new startups ping me if interested jarrett@startupdaybook.com

This is a loaded question but to try and be helpful I would say just focus on finding your early adopters - who is actively looking for a way to implement your solution, or who has cobbled together an imperfect solution on their own, or who has the extra budget to easily justify your solution?

Now where can you reach these people? Where are they on the internet? Play where they play. e.g. You already found this large group of potential interested parties - why not post a Show HN? Subreddits? Betalist? etc.

For us ( http://www.startupdaybook.com ) a few things have been very effective -- but it did take a lot of trial and error to find those few things.

BetaList and Reddit have been a big driver of signups as they have the exact audience we are looking to help (startups) and a wide audience.

Blogging has also been a big part of getting signups. Creating helpful posts on Medium with a small product mention at the bottom brings in a good amount of the right people.

Twitter is great for driving traffic to the blog posts which then in turn gets people interested in us and our product. Buffer is awesome, and Quuu is a great service that has a community retweeting your tweet for a nominal fee.

Overall our landing page conversion rate is 29.8% right now, so driving the right traffic really matters.

Thanks for the feedback. The levels relate to the Lean Startup process e.g. Document your best plan, validate the plan, run experiments, launch a minimum viable product etc.

It's really more of a straight forward way to follow the prescribed process faster and easier without getting overwhelmed or off track.

I follow a morning routine regularly which includes:

-10 Minute Meditation

-10 Minute Writing/Journal - business quotes, ideas, etc.

-10 Minute Drawing (I'm not good, but the repetition has helped. I bought a book called "642 things to draw" which makes it very easy.)

-10 Minute Reading

-10 Minute Exercise (simple do it at home exercises)

This type of routine is discussed in books like The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod and Level Up Your Day by S.J. Scott and Rebecca Livermore.

Once you get into the swing of things it keeps you on a good schedule for sleeping and waking up early. This gives me a lot more energy each day and stimulates my creative side.

This was my first linux distro, I used it back in the mid 90's and it was such a great learning experience. Amazing how long it's been already.

This is mainly about creating your own wealth. The first basic question is how do you want to spend your time? Since we are creatures of habit, having a scheduled 9-5 job with someone else directing you can be very comforting. It takes a special kind of person to go off and schedule your own day, work hard towards a goal, all while fitting in your normal life in between. With a job, you are forced to go to work at a set time, then when it's done you go home and continue your life for a few hours. Not everyone wants to spend that time creating wealth.