Spreadsheets on Steroids
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Bottom-up SaaS
End-users experience problems – not product managers. The best products come from scratching your own, preferably unique, itch – then evolving them into something better. Great SaaS is rarely developed top-down. See: Gall's Law.
Micro SaaS
We're in a wave of unbundling. SaaS is no exception. Hyperniche products that solve super specific problems fill in the gaps left by generic large-scale solutions.
NoCode Revolution
NoCode is democratizing the ability to build. Tools like Bubble let you build apps without writing a line of code. The barrier to entry has lowered, thus more SaaS products flood the market.
Businesses waste time and money on Inefficient, ineffective processes.
Customer
SaaS offers user-friendly, time-saving tools that streamline processes.
Key Features
via TK Kader
"Every mission critical spreadsheet in a large organisation is a potential SaaS company." – @Tawheed
| Attribute | Score | Comments |
|---|---|---|
Cost | Very Low | Using NoCode tools a SaaS can be built for $100 or less. |
Difficulty | Moderate | Depending on the size, B2B SaaS can get tricky depending on the amount of integrations with other systems. |
Competition | High | Anything worthwhile that is low-cost and low-ish difficulty will face a lot of competition. |
For SaaS it's important that you solve a frequent problem.
Leverage 📈
How to scale money?
Build once, Sell ∞ The huge attraction of software is that you build it once, but can sell it ad infinitum.
Data Data benefits from Network Effects. The more users and data you have, the more valuable it becomes.
Go-to-Market Strategy 🛫
How to find and attract users?
3 more in the Pro Report
Cheat Codes 🎮
How to accelerate the Go-to-Market?
3 more in the Pro Report
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What you get:
- SaaS Flywheel: This report in one image.
- Validation: Build a SaaS people will pay for.
- MVPs: Build & launch your SaaS in one day.
- Key Metrics: How to measure SaaS success
- Dream Team: Who do you need to win?
- Risks: How to avoid SaaS failure.
- Responsibility: How to run an ethical SaaS.
- BONUS: +4 Business Models, +3 Cheat Codes, +3 G2M Strategies, +3 Moats & +3 USPs.
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Resources
- https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/tech-laws-success-failure/
- This Thread by @Tawheed
- https://venturism.substack.com/p/nocode-and-the-next-wave-of-saas
- https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/zero-to-sold/
- https://medium.com/craft-ventures/the-cadence-how-to-operate-a-saas-startup-436aa8099e8
- https://www.lennyrachitsky.com/p/the-most-important-bottom-up-saas
- https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/gmrgh0/a_stepbystep_guide_of_how_i_would_build_a_saas/
- https://a16z.com/2013/10/15/the-saas-manifesto-part-two-its-time-to-build-a-real-sales-team/