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I used to be a schoolteacher; I left teaching and became a software engineer a few years ago. For the past two years, I've been building a solo Saas product, th
by cjs_ac 2y ago
I used to be a schoolteacher; I left teaching and became a software engineer a few years ago. For the past two years, I've been building a solo Saas product, that solves a problem I spotted when I was teaching. I hope to launch later this year.
To answer OP's question, about a year ago, I told my parents what I was building. My mum is a teacher, so she's my first test user. Every time I talk to them, they ask how things are going, so I need to keep working on it so I've got something to tell them.
To join in on everyone else's roasting OP's business idea: OP, what are you offering your users that they can't get from typing 'coworking space' or 'cafe' into their search engine of choice? It's not enough to make something useful, it also has to be something that your customers don't already have.
- avastmick 2y agoI’m in a similar space. Solo working on an Edtech solution. Man it can be hard. @cjs_ac, I’d be keen to chat, if you’d have time.
- arf17 2y agoI taught for 20 years and developed an Edtech SaaS which I do fulltime now. I also would welcome connecting with you.
- pointwebdev 2y agoI am currently in year 16 and have been taking web development seriously for about a year. I am a member of two coding groups and it has now become pretty much a hobby. I'm currently working on a SAAS as well. Would love to connect
- HenryBemis 2y agoI had the exact same thought.. "doesn't Google maps already solve this problem all over the planet?" About a decade before I remember using Google's 'hub'(I don't remember what it was called) in a couple of EU capitals. Free, super fast internet, clean spaces, free desks, whiteboards all around. You had to pay if you wanted a 'room with a door' and a projector, but apart from that if you didn't mean the eavesdroppers it was perfectly fine (and relatively quiet).
- nextts 2y agoGoogle has commodized its complement. (Ads is the product, business discovery is a complement)