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It is freakishly hard to build a successful SAAS if you have funding and a solid team. Doing it alone as a solo non-programmer has got to feel like trying to dr

by hluska 10y ago

It is freakishly hard to build a successful SAAS if you have funding and a solid team. Doing it alone as a solo non-programmer has got to feel like trying to drink the ocean. I've never been able to figure out how non-programmers can sift through mounds of freelancers to find a good developer. And, even if they find good developers, I have no idea how they manage to motivate and retain them. I'd love to read some stories from successful solo non-programmers. If anyone has some links, please share...

intrasight 10y ago
I don't have a link - but I have my story. I assisted a colleague and friend to launch his SaaS last year. It looks to be very successful. I helped him by providing technical architecture (I did no programming) and by finding a contractor (offshore) to do the development. We used Firebase. He had a designer do the mockups in UXpin. This is hard yes but impossible no. Things have changed for the (much) better in the last two years.
flukus 10y ago
> I've never been able to figure out how non-programmers can sift through mounds of freelancers to find a good developer. I'm not convinced programmers can either, they can just find the ones that think like they do and weed out the worst of the worst.
trustfundbaby 10y ago
Here's one https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/convertkit https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/convertkit ... follow the link to their blog about the "Web app Saas challenge" and they outline the entire process they took. Wildly successful too ... $600k MRR in just a few years https://convertkit.baremetrics.com/ https://convertkit.baremetrics.com/
ilaksh 10y ago
If they find a good developer who helps them build a product, they are not solo anymore. If they keep pretending they are, then they are just assholes taking advantage of people.

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It is freakishly hard to build a successful SAAS if you have funding and a solid team. Doing it alone as a solo non-programmer has got to feel like trying to dr

by hluska 10y ago

intrasight 10y ago
I don't have a link - but I have my story. I assisted a colleague and friend to launch his SaaS last year. It looks to be very successful. I helped him by providing technical architecture (I did no programming) and by finding a contractor (offshore) to do the development. We used Firebase. He had a designer do the mockups in UXpin. This is hard yes but impossible no. Things have changed for the (much) better in the last two years.
flukus 10y ago
> I've never been able to figure out how non-programmers can sift through mounds of freelancers to find a good developer. I'm not convinced programmers can either, they can just find the ones that think like they do and weed out the worst of the worst.
trustfundbaby 10y ago
Here's one https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/convertkit https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/convertkit ... follow the link to their blog about the "Web app Saas challenge" and they outline the entire process they took. Wildly successful too ... $600k MRR in just a few years https://convertkit.baremetrics.com/ https://convertkit.baremetrics.com/
ilaksh 10y ago
If they find a good developer who helps them build a product, they are not solo anymore. If they keep pretending they are, then they are just assholes taking advantage of people.