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Like the suggestions below read everything by patio11 here on HN and on his site kalzumeus.com, he also has done talks at microconf see link below. StartupsFor
by saluki 10y ago
Like the suggestions below read everything by patio11 here on HN and on his site kalzumeus.com, he also has done talks at microconf see link below.
StartupsForTheRestOfUs.com podcasts have lots of great info.
Also check out the microconf videos.
http://www.microconf.com/past-videos/ http://www.microconf.com/past-videos/
This is a good one too.
http://businessofsoftware.org/2013/02/gail-goodman-constant-contact-how-to-negotiate-the-long-slow-saas-ramp-of-death/ http://businessofsoftware.org/2013/02/gail-goodman-constant-...
There is lots of information out there on SaaS but it comes down to execution and hustle.
Basically you need to start marketing, building an email list, put together information on property management on a blog to build up content/traffic and your email list.
Do this before hand leading up to launching your App.
Do you have any potential clients that would sign up right away? Get them in to a beta program early sign up to work out issues, give you ideas to improve it, what works, what doesn't.
Sounds like you have a good proven idea, from there it's just execution and hustle.
Here's some inspiration:
Metrics:
https://baremetrics.com/open https://baremetrics.com/open
DHH Startup School Talk
https://baremetrics.com/open https://baremetrics.com/open
Not sure what stack you work on I would recommend building it with Rails or Laravel(Checkout Laravel Valet/Homestead, Forge and Spark) using Stripe, SparkPost, host on Digital Ocean or AWS. Lots of great tools out there.
I've built and managed SaaS apps for clients and am starting to work on my own this weekend looking forward to building my own.
Good luck with your SaaS!