What are your biggest learnings about building a SaaS product?

My learning is don't enter a crowded space, after I built a stock news API with quite an effort. https://github.com/hczhu/TickerT...

-Building an easy to use , intuitive user interface is a hard job. -Deciding a revenue model is a hard job. -Avoiding feature creep is necessary. -Build an MVP. Can not stress this enough. -Talk to people, do some surveys, get beta testers from your target user group. -Have a sales and marketing strategy ready -Have budget for marketing. -Build a community around your product

- Build in public from the very beginning - Run many experiments early on - Build with a no-code tool to allow for fast iterations The best resource I discovered recently on running experiments is the one on Minimum Variable Tests by @gagan_biyani . Wish I had read it sooner! https://review.firstround.com/th...

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Start with a problem and not on the technology stack.

In order to maintain a strong retention, you need to evolve the product as your customers' needs change. What works today may not work in year 2, 3, or 4. For instance, what we launched on Product Hunt today is completely different than what we launched 5 years ago.

On the technical side: automate as much as possible, DevOps, microservice architecture (where applicable). Productwise: Iterate rapidly and in small steps. Get feedback early on.

Do the research first

I agree with the selling part. Build an MVP, get user feedback, iterate and improve the MVP.

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