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One option: get a part time job in an interesting industry. I discovered this by getting a contract (few days a month) doing onsite work for a small/medium siz
by jerelunruh 11y ago
One option: get a part time job in an interesting industry.
I discovered this by getting a contract (few days a month) doing onsite work for a small/medium size organization. I asked lots of questions about things that I perceived as broken and found out what processes and software they hated. Then I worked on a prototype (evenings, for fun) and showed it to them. Now a year or so later that organization is my first customer for a SaaS I saw that they needed.
Also, make friends with other vendors while you're there. A company that already serves that industry can give valuable feedback and even market your app to their other clients if it integrates well with their solution.
- timjahn 11y agoWhat's the SaaS?
- burkaman 11y agoSoftware as a Service It basically means hosting an application that users can subscribe to.
- timjahn 11y agoI know what a SaaS is. :) I'm asking what he built.
- frobaldo 11y agoSoftware as a Service In Pizza as a service terms: you dine out.
- timjahn 11y agoI'm aware of what a SaaS is. :) Great analogy though!
- pizzeys 11y agoSurely it's the other way around, normal software is dining out, and SaaS is dining in?
- frobaldo 11y agoDepends on the term comparison: for on premise / iaas / saas/ paas, normal software is baking it yourself. http://www.ektron.com/assets/0/75/132/2147483682/2b35a8f4-f28d-4e06-8b65-c0027e44a127.jpeg http://www.ektron.com/assets/0/75/132/2147483682/2b35a8f4-f2...
- awinder 11y agoI think he's asking which SaaS did he build
- jerelunruh 11y agoReal-time asset tracking (GPS) with a non-terrible user interface. I'll get a good marketing page done someday; currently it's spreading via a vendor I made friends with (see above).