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What's one piece of advice you would give to a first time maker?
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What's one piece of advice you would give to a first time maker?
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Don't start with complex products. If you have a great SaaS idea in mind, keep it before validation. Validate the idea with a simple prototype (for example, content product). If you have customers there, then you can start building SaaS 🚀
Example ⬇️
You want to make a marketplace with Notion products. Don't start with the marketplace part. Instead, you can start with collection of templates, resources, and remarkable makers and try to sell this curated list. If you sold it, start building a marketplace!
@aaronoleary Yeah, absolutely!
Also, it helps to get your audience. It's much easier then to get feedback, testimonials, social proof, and also people who will support you on PH launch 🚀
I thought that this discussion was about One Piece :)
Advise would be to multiply the projected costs (or time required) by 2. Divide the expected revenue by 3.
1/6 of the the 'optimistic' profit forecast is the more realistic number.
make sure you're solving an actual problem before building how to do this? Ask people the right questions: 1. what's the hardest thing about [doing X]?
2. tell me about the last time you encountered a problem?
3. why was that hard ?
4. what, if anything have your potential customers/fellow makers do to solve the problem
5. what don't you love about the solutions you've/they've tried
hope it helps
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