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Writing the software is the easy part of SaaS.

• stets 6y ago
  one million percent true.
• ibejoeb 6y ago
  Toward that... >Go for B2B if you can. Freelancers aren't rich. You might not love the b2b sales cycle either. Even if you get a whale of a client, you're gonna negotiate hard, probably fork your product for it, and get paid in 180 days if you're lucky.
  • stets 6y ago
    OP here -- feeling that hard right now. I have another side gig (maybe I'll write about it soon). Working with a company that does ~300mm in revenue and date from contract sent to signed was around 45 days. I was blown away. still haven't been paid either. Hoping I'm embedded after this.
• petargyurov 6y ago
  You're right. But that doesn't make it easy :P I think a lot of devs think that project management, business sense and marketing (basically everything but development) are easier. I used to think that too. Until I had to start thinking about business strategies, sharing my product and understanding my customers... If only I could install packages for that kind of stuff IRL.
  • dragandj 6y ago
    But you can install packages for that, too. It’s just that you’ve used the wrong terminology. Instead of “install”, it’s called “pay”, and instead of “packages”, it’s “professionals”.
• Strom 6y ago
  That's heavily dependent on who we are talking about. A solo founder with 20 years of marketing experience but zero programming experience won't find writing the software to be the easy part.