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Absolutely, four months when compared to other SaaS products (or any product in general) is a laughably short amount of time to judge anything a success or fail

Absolutely, four months when compared to other SaaS products (or any product in general) is a laughably short amount of time to judge anything a success or failure. I probably should have explained a bit more in depth about why I'm calling it a failure: I'm simply not interested in the product I built anymore. Inventory for small businesses is something that doesn't hold my attention as it used to when I built the product, and I'm not sure it ever did. Right now it's hard for me to load up my IDE and start working on the product. I feel like I don't know what to do with it as it is, and that stems from the lack of interest. I'm taking a couple weeks to go over my options, and I think I've got a decent plan to revitalize it. I haven't given up on the product itself, or the core problem it solves (inventory management). I've only given up on who it's marketed to. Like you said, I think the best option is to change to a smaller niche. The one I have in mind will radically change how the product looks and functions, but it will still be inventory management.

toumhi 13y ago
This all sounds very familiar. I also built a SaaS for small business owners in France (professional filesharing) but I realized I didn't care enough about the product and the audience I was serving (among other problems) I even wrote a post-mortem here: http://www.sparklewise.com/post-mortem-5-mistakes-i-made-with-my-first-online-product/ http://www.sparklewise.com/post-mortem-5-mistakes-i-made-wit... For me, caring about the product and the people you're serving is the most important thing. Don't choose a project because it sounds like a good idea, but choose a project because it's a part of a bigger goal, a bigger mission. However, there's also something to be said for persistence and not giving up at the first obstacle. Finding out where the limit lies is not easy.

toumhi 13y ago

This all sounds very familiar. I also built a SaaS for small business owners in France (professional filesharing) but I realized I didn't care enough about the product and the audience I was serving (among other problems) I even wrote a post-mortem here: http://www.sparklewise.com/post-mortem-5-mistakes-i-made-with-my-first-online-product/ http://www.sparklewise.com/post-mortem-5-mistakes-i-made-wit... For me, caring about the product and the people you're serving is the most important thing. Don't choose a project because it sounds like a good idea, but choose a project because it's a part of a bigger goal, a bigger mission. However, there's also something to be said for persistence and not giving up at the first obstacle. Finding out where the limit lies is not easy.