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The Best Online Communities for SaaS Founders

121 points by copywriteralex 10y ago

csallen 10y ago
For those looking to share/receive feedback on their SaaS projects and ideas, you should check out the Indie Hackers forum as well: https://www.indiehackers.com/forum https://www.indiehackers.com/forum I launched it along with Indie Hackers a few months back on HN, and it's really grown since then! Lots of valuable discussions going on. I hope to do some AMAs soon with some famous/successful founders as well.
- diziet 10y ago
  Yeah, indiehackers is a great place, especially given how hard working and transparent Courtland is with the project. Saastr is wonderful too -- Jason Lemkin does a great job positioning things from the "how do you scale this to XX Million" perspective. edit: oh, it's you, Courtland :)
- copywriteralex 10y ago
  Thank you for telling me about IndieHackers. Tons of people recommended it to me in the comments. Will definitely add it! Thanks!
grantlmiller 10y ago
A few other solid online resources for SaaS founders (hard to really call these "online communities", though most do have vibrant community events tied to them): http://www.saastr.com http://www.saastr.com https://hitenism.com https://hitenism.com http://www.enterprisesales.nyc http://www.enterprisesales.nyc http://www.heavybit.com/library http://www.heavybit.com/library https://www.enterpriseready.io https://www.enterpriseready.io
harperlee 10y ago
For bootstrapers I can mention: http://barnacl.es http://barnacl.es http://discuss.bootstrapped.fm http://discuss.bootstrapped.fm
Huhty 10y ago
I go on http://growthhackers.com http://growthhackers.com and http://inbound.org http://inbound.org. I think both have a SaaS section/category.
rayalez 10y ago
I'm working on http://hackertribe.io http://hackertribe.io (launching soon). It will be a community for hackers and startup founders, like twitter/medium for HN community. I second https://www.indiehackers.com/forum https://www.indiehackers.com/forum, it's great. Also I want to add http://mastodon.social http://mastodon.social to the list. It's not directly intended for SaaS founders, but if you're reading this thread you will probably find it interesting.
kralldotin 10y ago
Alex! Thanks for the shout out for the SaaS Growth Hacks group (http://krall.in/sgh http://krall.in/sgh). Cheers mate!
- copywriteralex 10y ago
  You're very welcome Aaron! :D Thanks for making the group.
ubernostrum 10y ago
Community is a political topic. Get it off HN.
- soulchild37 10y ago
  HN itself is a community. Close HN?
cyberferret 10y ago
Just wanted to say I really enjoy Alex Lee's newsletters (It's his site that the link goes to) - one of the best ones I have subscribed to (I am a SaaS co-founder).
- copywriteralex 10y ago
  Hey cyberferret! Thanks for the compliment! Much appreciated. A SaaSy Dispatches is going out today! :)
jv22222 10y ago
Not sure if we count as a "best" but just wanted to also add https://nugget.one https://nugget.one for your consideration.
danso 10y ago
Seeing how the author posted this ostensibly-SaaS-pertinent post to HN, wouldn't HN be a candidate for this listicle?
gotrythis 10y ago
For those who prefer Facebook to Slack, there is a closed Facebook group for SaaS Founders as well, small, but growing: http://SaaSMasters.com http://SaaSMasters.com links to it.

121 points by copywriteralex 10y ago

For those looking to share/receive feedback on their SaaS projects and ideas, you should check out the Indie Hackers forum as well: https://www.indiehackers.com/forum https://www.indiehackers.com/forum I launched it along with Indie Hackers a few months back on HN, and it's really grown since then! Lots of valuable discussions going on. I hope to do some AMAs soon with some famous/successful founders as well.

diziet 10y ago
Yeah, indiehackers is a great place, especially given how hard working and transparent Courtland is with the project. Saastr is wonderful too -- Jason Lemkin does a great job positioning things from the "how do you scale this to XX Million" perspective. edit: oh, it's you, Courtland :)
copywriteralex 10y ago
Thank you for telling me about IndieHackers. Tons of people recommended it to me in the comments. Will definitely add it! Thanks!

grantlmiller 10y ago

A few other solid online resources for SaaS founders (hard to really call these "online communities", though most do have vibrant community events tied to them): http://www.saastr.com http://www.saastr.com https://hitenism.com https://hitenism.com http://www.enterprisesales.nyc http://www.enterprisesales.nyc http://www.heavybit.com/library http://www.heavybit.com/library https://www.enterpriseready.io https://www.enterpriseready.io

harperlee 10y ago

For bootstrapers I can mention: http://barnacl.es http://barnacl.es http://discuss.bootstrapped.fm http://discuss.bootstrapped.fm

Huhty 10y ago

I go on http://growthhackers.com http://growthhackers.com and http://inbound.org http://inbound.org. I think both have a SaaS section/category.

rayalez 10y ago

I'm working on http://hackertribe.io http://hackertribe.io (launching soon). It will be a community for hackers and startup founders, like twitter/medium for HN community. I second https://www.indiehackers.com/forum https://www.indiehackers.com/forum, it's great. Also I want to add http://mastodon.social http://mastodon.social to the list. It's not directly intended for SaaS founders, but if you're reading this thread you will probably find it interesting.

kralldotin 10y ago

Alex! Thanks for the shout out for the SaaS Growth Hacks group (http://krall.in/sgh http://krall.in/sgh). Cheers mate!

copywriteralex 10y ago
You're very welcome Aaron! :D Thanks for making the group.

ubernostrum 10y ago

Community is a political topic. Get it off HN.

soulchild37 10y ago
HN itself is a community. Close HN?

cyberferret 10y ago

Just wanted to say I really enjoy Alex Lee's newsletters (It's his site that the link goes to) - one of the best ones I have subscribed to (I am a SaaS co-founder).

copywriteralex 10y ago
Hey cyberferret! Thanks for the compliment! Much appreciated. A SaaSy Dispatches is going out today! :)

jv22222 10y ago

Not sure if we count as a "best" but just wanted to also add https://nugget.one https://nugget.one for your consideration.

danso 10y ago

Seeing how the author posted this ostensibly-SaaS-pertinent post to HN, wouldn't HN be a candidate for this listicle?

gotrythis 10y ago

For those who prefer Facebook to Slack, there is a closed Facebook group for SaaS Founders as well, small, but growing: http://SaaSMasters.com http://SaaSMasters.com links to it.