How to Build a Software Company From Scratch Solo

Build a SaaS from scratch (without any $) .

[MARKETING]

I've been building SaaS since 2006. We've built out 12 platforms. 3 of them made it to 7 figures. It's HARD building a tool that is being sold to an individual end user. Don't do that! Unless you know what your perfect customer avatar is and know where to find those people. Instead...focus on small businesses or an audience that's dead simple to find through paid advertising, SEO, affiliates, etc..Start by finding a white label software so you're not heavily invested. Learn the business and then build something on your own once you have the expertise.

[masoncurry]

Glad you're posting again! I loved your older videos, and learned a lot from them.

[hrlrl]

What you're saying about scaling is true. When you're starting out, just make it work. I have an app that's got around 4 million downloads and I've had to refactor the backend code 3 times. It's much more important to prove the idea works first.

[kotokarrera]

Love this kind of content as a guy with ADHD this kind of content help me to think about my past business ideas and new ones, set strategies and paths to ship them and make them sell enough to be worthy the time.
It's easier when I'm hearing another guy spitting ideas and concepts out.

[amirnathoo]

100% agree. The most important thing mentioned is do something that exists but better, cheaper, easier to use, etc…
And forget about moonshot projects.

[smylmrz]

Can't believe how simple and good the content is. You just gave me the motivation I needed to build a sass 🍃

[mileday]

Sometimes we try to look for th things which we harshly need but they do not appear in front fo you. But you randomly scrolling to entertain yourself you got what you needed for today it happened to me This is the video I was looking for. Amazing video Brooo

[strat]

I have some coding knowledge but still pretty beginner. Been doing larger projects now, building a SaaS seems like a great approach. Javascript, typescript & React.

[EmielvanGoor]

Build a SaaS myself with success, i agree with every point! Very well said.

[bhanusunrise]

Your ideas made me inspire to start my own Saas.

[lgcbmb]

@Millionaire Millennial I would recommend updating//editng the vid to add in a warning for the validation section to got through a card processor that mitigates storages of card #'s for both their security and the piece of mind of the patron whose card they're not yet going to charge. This can allow a hold for a time for a late processing if the charge is to be green-lit, or released, and the process can be redone when the product is ready and the end client will likely feel comfortable committing to the inconvenience of a second time charge that will actually go through (assuming the hold couldn't be extended until the product was ready - assuming the validation period and production period was close enough.

Other wise everything sounded like pretty solid advice, thanks for sharing!

But I ain't one to gossip... .

[theMonkeyMonkey]

The Margin benefit can a bit of a fallacy - since it doesn't take into account 'time spent'. For instance a drop shipping company that sells 10 items verses 1000 items is likely to involve little other direct work since the system is setup to sell automatically - whereas a saas if you're writing bespoke systems will need time to do the work; therefore the manhours need to be taken as a factor ( there's also a limit on hours available per person ); selling a product on the other hand is equivalent, but naturally has a much higher initial cost of the labour intensive work of actually writing the code. It all depends upon how decoupled you are for hours invested per product sale.

[pHProgramming]

Excellent video! Lots of advice. Icing on the cake, great editing, making pleasant to watch too 😄 Thanks

[ivanerazun]

Hi! I’m from Argentina. This video really inspire me. I’m studying software engineer and this business perspective gave me a lots of tools!

[DamjanDimitrioski]

I recommend python/Django, comes with own admin panel and you won't even need CSS and JavaScript for the start, after that you may hire designers/UI DEVS to make a separate front-end.

[petecodes]

Great point about not re-inventing the wheel

[brandonz]

such simple and incredible advice. I've been in software for a long time and I'm trying to work towards building a SaaS product but I was really worried about scalability. "Dont build something scalable until you need to". This makes so much sense. I dont even need to rebuild from the ground up, I could just adjust a few things to make it scalable if and when I actually get to that point. Well now I am ready to start. Thank you

[samanyudas]

00:00 Learn how to start a software company from scratch
01:50 Starting a software company has high margins, more control, and recurring revenue.
03:40 Starting a software company is becoming less costly with no-code tools and easier access to coding education.
05:22 Start with something existing and do it slightly better
07:10 Validate your idea with a landing page
00:27 Focus on building a working product before worrying about scaling.
10:26 Focus on customer needs, not tech stack or pricing
12:01 Best way to get early customers is to find where similar softwares are getting their customers.
Crafted by Merlin AI

[okomazubuike]

Thanks a lot for this information. Just when I thought of starting my own company, I found this video 😁

[adamsleuis]

You just got yourself a new subscriber. I want to start SaaS and this video was a great motivation. I'm I the only one who cracks up about the emojis and GIFS😂in the the video?