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I'm not looking for generic advice like "post content" or "run ads." I'm interested in real experiences what worked, what didn't, and why.

Hi, I am doing research on how early-stage founders find their first customers and users. Not trying to sell any thing, just trying to see where the process really gets hard. I recently had this problem myself, and I learned how long it can take to find the right people to talk to, so I was wondering how other people deal with it. If you have a moment I'd love to hear about your experience. Some short notes about what worked, what didn't, what took the most time, would be very helpful. ...

I've hit around 40 users on an app I made on my web app: TrackLog . It was initally launched in June but over the last week or so i've been going in on TikTok marketing (where most the users have come from), currently I'm going through the issues of my content losing the momentum on engagement it had earlier on the week and only around 10% of sign ups try the free trial for the pro version. I'd like to increase this number and also drive more engagement on the marketing avenue. What advice do ...

Imagine you're starting a startup from scratch. * No marketing budget. * No money for ads. * No existing audience. * No investors. * Just a product and your time. What would your customer acquisition strategy be today? I'm especially interested in approaches that actually worked for you (or someone you know), not generic advice like "post on social media." If you had to get your first 10–100 customers with $0, where would you start?

Last 30 days have been great for my micro saas (social scheduling cli, mcp & api tool). Thanks in part to this community here as well. This what I did differently: I stopped selling "technical features" I started showing how the product would be useful: Tutorials on how to use it so my users could grow their socials Growth hacks I have learned myself Successful tiktok accounts from other marketers that millions of views Invest time into making it easy for ...

So about a week ago I created a MacOS app that added some features that I miss on my old windows laptop such as the cut tool (unless im just blind and cant figure it out). I never created it with the expectation of receiving money at all and I just logged into today and found out someone bought one of the pro features (its a one time purchase). I've never been more excited in my life. to all of you guys keep on creating and you got this! [link] ...

Hi everyone! As a heads-up: I’m not a technical person, I’m responsible for the business side of our product. My partner built a platform that helps engineering teams manage technical documentation and architecture diagrams more efficiently. I’m not here to pitch or promote it. If anyone is interested in trying it out, you’re more than welcome to reach out, but that’s not the main reason for this post. My background is in recruitment, HR, and sales in IT space. I understand businesses, h...

I don't usually jump on these promo flows right away, but u/Vertyix $150 post caught my eye. Spent 15 minutes navigating through the steps earlier today, and the full payment was already confirmed less than an hour later. Extremely solid option if you have a few minutes to spare.

Genuinely curious. After you've built a few projects, have you ever reached a point where you couldn't tell whether you should push through or whether you were actually working on the wrong thing? Looking back is easy. Knowing in the moment is hard. What do you actually do in those situations?

Hi everyone, I'm a software engineer early in my career, and one of my long-term goals is to build a SaaS alongside my full time job. I don't plan to quit my job. I just want to learn by building and hopefully get some real users. I'd love to hear from people who've actually done it: How many years of experience did you have before starting? How did you balance your job with building the SaaS? What was the biggest challenge? At what point did you know it was worth continuing (or ev...

We shipped a feature in April that has been opened exactly 0 times since and it ate 3 weeks from a team that mostly does client work. It came off our feedback board which for a few weeks looked like the healthiest thing we have ever run. There were 40 odd requests and votes stacking up and all of it was written well.These were real problems with real context and the same 3 themes coming back again and again. When 12 people ask for the same thing you stop asking questions and start building. ...

This might seem like I did it within a few days with my product. but, they converted only after I introduced a bunch of features after reaching out to people who signed up. (3-4 people are still waiting to convert). It’s not life-changing money, but it’s the first real proof that someone is willing to pay for software I created. For someone from India, it is actually a decent amount of money to actually quit your job lol. The product is an AI chatbot platform that businesses can train on ...

Support was eating my time, so I did what everyone says to do, automated it, deflection flows, canned responses, a bot for the front line. My time freed up and I felt efficient. Then I noticed the slow rot: churn crept up, my reviews got cooler, and I'd lost the single best source of product insight I had, because talking to frustrated customers was how I used to learn what to fix. The automation was 'efficient' at the cost of the relationship and the feedback loop. I brought a human back to the...

I, along with a few of my colleagues, have been building mobile and web apps for the past few years now. One thing that all of us agree on is that referral programs help you bring in a fair share of customers to your platform. So, we set out to find the best one to integrate. We soon abandoned our search as we found that most of the platforms charge very high subscription rates with almost no trials or free usage available. That's when GrowthRail came to life. 6 months later, we believe that w...

It's not bearable anymore. I feel like we are surrounded by AI slops. Nobody likes that. We feel like we're being tricked by them. We don't want to use them. Most of the times we can detect it. But I think it'd be helpful to have a No-AI-Slop certificate. What do you think?

Hi, I’m just entering the world of SaaS and startups. My background is in B2B marketing and sales, but there’s one common idea that I don’t fully agree with. Everyone says: “Validate as fast as possible”, “Sell before you build the product” and “Launch as quickly as you can”. At first, it sounds reasonable, and maybe it made more sense in the past. However, today the market’s full of low-quality AI products, so I’ve got serious doubts about this approach. Of course, you can create a good l...

Deve superare un solo test: non voglio vedere nulla di rotto o con difetti troppo evidenti nella schermata iniziale. P.S. I can't do it, there are too many of you, I only visit the site of the AI agents explicitly declared in the comment

Last month, we spent $801.94 across 53 AI coding sessions on one product. The product is Mune , a privacy-first finance app with: on-device AI Story Insights Safe to Spend and budgeting subscription tracking Money Flow shared expense groups and Split AI created real leverage. It helped us prototype SwiftUI interfaces, debug state issues, refactor services, build tests, and explore on-device model workflows much faster than We could have alone. It also created waste. Th...

Hey everyone! I wanted to open up a discussion about Software as a Service (SaaS) and whether it’s a legit way to earn money. I’ve been curious about how easy it really is to get started and what the potential challenges are. Are there any SaaS founders here who can share their experiences? What were the initial hurdles, and how long did it take before you started seeing profits? Any insights on the best niches or tools to consider would be super helpful too. Let’s share our stories and tips! ...

Been building this on my own for a while and someone finally paid for it. It's called hivework. It builds the small internal automations people normally have to go ask an engineer for. You put the workflow together on a canvas or just describe what you want, it runs against gmail, slack, hubspot and sheets, and when it isn't sure about something it stops and asks you rather than guessing. Not going to like this was needed... gotta love momentum ...

Hey guys, I got tired of using standard AI chatbots for self-reflection. They are great for a day, but they completely forget your personality and context by the end of the week. So, I decided to build SoulType. It's a personalized AI life coach rooted in MBTI psychology, but dynamic. Here is how it works: Background Profiling: You just write in your daily diary. While you write, the AI (running on Llama 3) analyzes your entries in the background to map your current cognitive functions a...

Hey everyone, I'm just getting started with SaaS, and I honestly have zero knowledge about it. I'm trying to learn everything from the ground up. how to come up with an idea, validate it, build it, launch it, and get users. I'd love to hear from people who've built their own SaaS: - How did you learn? - What courses, YouTube channels, or books helped you the most? - If you were starting from scratch today, what would you do differently? - Any mistakes I should avoid? I'm especially...

I can no longer take working in corporate. It has had a detrimental impact on my wellbeing and the last straw was when they recently denied giving me time off to see my kids graduation. In my quiet moments I have been developing a sort of operating system tool in order to help organisations see how they are doing in terms of strategic goal alignments and employee engagement. Those who have successfully build and gained large organisations as clients - how did you pull it off? su...

Every few months we get another powerful model. What doesn't get easier: product design evaluation data pipelines distribution developer experience customer trust If you were starting an AI company today, where would you invest most?

After months of building, redesigning, and questioning whether anyone would actually pay for what I built, I finally crossed $273 in total revenue . It’s not life-changing money, but it’s the first real proof that someone is willing to pay for software I created. A few things I’ve learned so far: ⁠Shipping beats endlessly polishing features. ⁠Talking to users is more valuable than guessing what they want. ⁠Every piece of feedback has helped shape the product more than I expec...

After months of building, redesigning, and questioning whether anyone would actually pay for what I built, I finally crossed $273 in total revenue . It’s not life-changing money, but it’s the first real proof that someone is willing to pay for software I created. A few things I’ve learned so far: Shipping beats endlessly polishing features. Talking to users is more valuable than guessing what they want. Every piece of feedback has helped shape the product more than I expected. ...

I am not a big fan of building portfolios, but I wanted to attract more clients, so I had to push myself to do it. Some of my projects are chatbots, while others have already been shut down, so I had two options: keep them hosted or create videos and screenshots. Keeping everything hosted is not cost effective, while creating videos and screenshots takes a lot of time. So I spent a couple of days building a skill that allows AI to create videos in different formats from exported pages, Figma...

there's no way they thought this had a chance at being anything useful post goes on to say it was through pseo