Arvid Kahl

I built and sold a successful SaaS, published two books, and help founders help themselves. AMA ๐Ÿ‘‡

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Well hello there! I'm Arvid Kahl, I'm a coder, an entrepreneur, and a writer. Over the last few years, I've been sharing my entrepreneurial journey through building in public and writing. I co-founded a SaaS business with my life partner Danielle Simpson back in 2017. We sold it for a life-changing amount of money just two years later as it had reached $55k MRR. Ever since then, I have been spending my days empowering other founders to find their own way to financial independence. My latest book The Embedded Entrepreneur is a guide to building a business the right way around: by focusing on your future audience from day one. I've been mentoring and teaching founders the audience-centric way to great success. I write, I read, I speak, I nap a lot, and I love engaging with founders. And now I'd like to talk to you! AMA ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Dawid Zamkowski
I've started www.juniorjobsonly.com and build community of juniors (now some regulars too) with over 25k members. Companies prefer to post job offers for "general" job boards, not for juniors only. What would you do with that audience? I've started new service called "CV review" but it's too little revenue and I know there is potential in huge community like that. Thanks, Arvid! You're doing awesome things.
Arvid Kahl
@dawidzamkowski I bet that with some PARTICULAR companies, there is a focus on hiring juniors. I don't really know which industry would fit that description, but I bet you will have more insight there. Instead of trying to sell the job board indiscriminately, I'd do some research on who hires the most juniors (over any other seniority levels) and focus just on those industries. The CV review service is also a great idea. It also indicates that you understood their problem: they want to find a way into companies as soon as possible. Anything that makes their CV more professional or "likely to succeed" is a good upselling opportunity: professional design, editing, proofreading, "embellishment suggestions". Anything that makes you stand out more. I think you can definitely explore this direction more. Another idea would be to flip it all on its head and offer training for juniors to enter completely different industries. Coding bootcamps, internships, freelance gigs as online educators or copywriters. Increasing the opportunity surface of people looking for work is always an interesting idea.
Csaba Kissi
Hey Arvid! Are you going to build another SaaS?
Arvid Kahl
@csaba_kissi I already did! I built PermanentLink to solve my own problem with link rot in eBooks. https://permanent.link/ Beyond that, who knows :D I'll focus on writing for the time being, that seems to give me the greatest opportunity to teach at scale.
Dipankar Basumatary
Hi, nice to know that you're writer and a coder. I write too and I love doing things fast and efficient. Can you give me some ideas for a profitable niche idea for a SaaS?
Arvid Kahl
@dipankar_basumatary1 I put a 5-step guide for this exact question into my latest book The Embedded Entrepreneur: - List all the potential audiences you can imagine. Try to get 30+ audiences, like "Coders", "Writers", "Entrepreneurs", "People who love video games", "Hobby Cooks", "Owners of Lawn Movers" (I just made those up. Find your by looking at the things you do in your own life. - Then, rank them from 0 to 5 for - Affinity (how much do I like this niche? Do I want to spend years working for them?) - Opportunity (are there many interesting problems in the space? How are people making money here? Will a SaaS work?) - Appreciation (do people actually pay for products? are there competitors (if so, that's good, it's a sign of money) - Market Size (are there enough customers for a SaaS? Is the market small enough not to attract the big ones?) - Add it all together and look at your top audiences. Pick one, embed yourself in their communities, and observe them for a while to find interesting problems. - THEN, think of ideas on how to solve those problems All of this and more in https://embeddedentrepreneur.com/
Karen Joy Solis
Newbie here
Arvid Kahl
@nerak_yoj_silos We all start as learners. The difference between people is how much they want to graduate from that.
Rhodius Noguera
What are the challenges?
Arvid Kahl
@rhodiusn Everything is a challenge, but thankfully, you can build systems to deal with them. I recommend documenting anything you do to solve problems so that when you run into the problem again, you can solve it quickly and reliably. Over time, this can turn into automated processes, and then what was once a challenge is not a challenge anymore :D
Henry Okafor
Sound's great
Kannan S
I love it
Anshul Mohan
Kudos, man! I'm kinda aiming for the same fate. Could you tell me how was the growth in year 2? And what took you to achieve that state?
Amir Arvina
tnx
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