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Will try the podcasts. Thank you for the recommendations. https://howtobeafounder.com/ https://howtobeafounder.com/ This one seems to be a new book. Have you

Will try the podcasts. Thank you for the recommendations. https://howtobeafounder.com/ https://howtobeafounder.com/ This one seems to be a new book. Have you read it? If so, what do you think?

satvikpendem 3y ago
I looked into that book, looks like it's really for venture backed companies trying to form a founding team. I'd recommend that you instead look up micro-SaaS, where you just target making $10k+ monthly recurring revenue and be set, rather than going on the VC treadmill and trying to raise capital, hire a team, etc which is often overkill for first time founders. Rob Walling coined that term initially through his conference on it called MicroConf, he has a new book called The SaaS Playbook [0] which I'd recommend, he has a sample PDF here [1]. His older book Start Small, Stay Small [2] is also quite good. But to start off with a free resource, Jason Cohen's video on designing a bootstrapped business can't be beat [3]. [0] https://saasplaybook.com/ https://saasplaybook.com/ [1] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/63974bca690bb40f1adc6c36/t/63ff59bced36117751ef063f/1677679043323/the-saas-playbook-sample.pdf https://static1.squarespace.com/static/63974bca690bb40f1adc6... [2] https://startsmall.com/ https://startsmall.com/ [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otbnC2zE2rw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otbnC2zE2rw
- hedgehog0 3y ago
  Thank you. Will try to workthrough some of the materials you mentioned, I have heard of read some of "Start Small, Stay Small" in the past, though not finished. > I'd recommend that you instead look up micro-SaaS, where you just target making $10k+ monthly recurring revenue and be set, rather than going on the VC treadmill and trying to raise capital, hire a team, etc which is often overkill for first time founders. Yeah, it's also my orginal goal and what I want to start with. On a side note, I read "No Filter" and "That Will Never Work" and quite enjoyed them.
  - satvikpendem 3y ago
    Glad to hear it. The main thing I've learned is to just start, building and marketing, talking to customers, etc. I used to read a lot of books and watch a lot of videos on the topic of startups and micro-SaaS but it obviously doesn't spontaneously generate a profitable startup just because we read about them.

Will try the podcasts. Thank you for the recommendations. https://howtobeafounder.com/ https://howtobeafounder.com/ This one seems to be a new book. Have you read it? If so, what do you think?

satvikpendem 3y ago

I looked into that book, looks like it's really for venture backed companies trying to form a founding team. I'd recommend that you instead look up micro-SaaS, where you just target making $10k+ monthly recurring revenue and be set, rather than going on the VC treadmill and trying to raise capital, hire a team, etc which is often overkill for first time founders. Rob Walling coined that term initially through his conference on it called MicroConf, he has a new book called The SaaS Playbook [0] which I'd recommend, he has a sample PDF here [1]. His older book Start Small, Stay Small [2] is also quite good. But to start off with a free resource, Jason Cohen's video on designing a bootstrapped business can't be beat [3]. [0] https://saasplaybook.com/ https://saasplaybook.com/ [1] https://static1.squarespace.com/static/63974bca690bb40f1adc6c36/t/63ff59bced36117751ef063f/1677679043323/the-saas-playbook-sample.pdf https://static1.squarespace.com/static/63974bca690bb40f1adc6... [2] https://startsmall.com/ https://startsmall.com/ [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otbnC2zE2rw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otbnC2zE2rw

hedgehog0 3y ago
Thank you. Will try to workthrough some of the materials you mentioned, I have heard of read some of "Start Small, Stay Small" in the past, though not finished. > I'd recommend that you instead look up micro-SaaS, where you just target making $10k+ monthly recurring revenue and be set, rather than going on the VC treadmill and trying to raise capital, hire a team, etc which is often overkill for first time founders. Yeah, it's also my orginal goal and what I want to start with. On a side note, I read "No Filter" and "That Will Never Work" and quite enjoyed them.
- satvikpendem 3y ago
  Glad to hear it. The main thing I've learned is to just start, building and marketing, talking to customers, etc. I used to read a lot of books and watch a lot of videos on the topic of startups and micro-SaaS but it obviously doesn't spontaneously generate a profitable startup just because we read about them.