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Haha, I'm working on my second SaaS for one person :) The first is drfreezr.com , something I built for a friend who manages a bioresearch lab and had trouble

Haha, I'm working on my second SaaS for one person :) The first is drfreezr.com , something I built for a friend who manages a bioresearch lab and had trouble enforcing diligent bookkeeping about what samples are stored where in what freezers. He and his lab colleagues are very happy with it, and they use it on a daily basis. But now I have to start marketing it. So the typical thing I do is optimize the code/UX/data model instead of finding more customers. And now I'm working on a small-scale CRM for my wife (prototype phase) and her colleague who's she's started a consulting business with :)

elliotbnvl 7y ago
That's awesome, man! Congrats on launching a successful SaaS! Now get your butt in gear and start marketing that sucker :) Jokes aside, this is exactly the point of Seven Day SaaS and why I challenged myself to build ONLY for a week, then focus on all the rest after that. I set a rule for myself: no more feature releases or UX tweaks (aside from egregious bug fixes). Marketing and outreach only from now on! Don't build something new until you validate what you have built. It's like that analogy of the guy mining for diamonds: you have no idea how close you are to success.
kindly_fo 7y ago
Did your friend know that 50%+ of saas can be replaced with speadsheets (google/Microsoft)?
- LaundroMat 7y ago
  Good question, but yes, he did. Their main issue with spreadsheets was the lack of roles and permissions. The tool makes it easy to allocate fridge space to users, which in turn makes it easier for the users to keep track of things. Also, users can't touch other users' stuff. Also, the data per fridge cell itself is more complex than what fits in a spreadsheet row. All this adds up to a much more user-friendly (and manager-friendly) experience, which leads to higher uptake among users and ultimately cleaner data.

elliotbnvl 7y ago

That's awesome, man! Congrats on launching a successful SaaS! Now get your butt in gear and start marketing that sucker :) Jokes aside, this is exactly the point of Seven Day SaaS and why I challenged myself to build ONLY for a week, then focus on all the rest after that. I set a rule for myself: no more feature releases or UX tweaks (aside from egregious bug fixes). Marketing and outreach only from now on! Don't build something new until you validate what you have built. It's like that analogy of the guy mining for diamonds: you have no idea how close you are to success.

kindly_fo 7y ago

Did your friend know that 50%+ of saas can be replaced with speadsheets (google/Microsoft)?

LaundroMat 7y ago
Good question, but yes, he did. Their main issue with spreadsheets was the lack of roles and permissions. The tool makes it easy to allocate fridge space to users, which in turn makes it easier for the users to keep track of things. Also, users can't touch other users' stuff. Also, the data per fridge cell itself is more complex than what fits in a spreadsheet row. All this adds up to a much more user-friendly (and manager-friendly) experience, which leads to higher uptake among users and ultimately cleaner data.