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   Year in Review: Lessons Learned from Bootstrapping Our SaaS Startup(blog.canny.io)

   7 points by a13n 9y ago|0 comments
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   by a13n 9y ago

   I've heard that one of Helix's differentiators is that they sequence your whole genome rather than a small subset. Maybe worth checking out. https://www.helix.com (I have no affiliation)
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   by a13n 9y ago

   Canny | Full-Stack Engineer | REMOTE | Full-time | https://canny.io Canny helps SaaS companies build better products by being better at listening to and acting on user feedback. * Very early-stage startup, 2 person team, launche
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   by a13n 9y ago

   Yahoo wasn't doing well at all before Marissa took over. Do you have some compelling evidence as to why their continued demise was her fault?
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   by a13n 9y ago

   Building a company is a journey, what's the big deal?
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   by a13n 9y ago

   Oh wow, that's a good one! My favorite is being able to change the nav color (`topcolor`). I changed it to the purple brand color from our startup [1]. [1]: https://canny.io
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   by a13n 9y ago

   Yeah, and it's nice that there's an eternal record of every edit, and other people can contribute via pull requests.
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   by a13n 9y ago

   I've also noticed this and would like to know more. I feel like this didn't happen on HN 5 years ago, but it does now. I always wondered if maybe it keeps track of who has voted on your submissions in the past, and only gives you
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   by a13n 9y ago

   The article isn't talking about super-early-stage SaaS, it's about SaaS in general. While 2% might be good for a just-implemented product, it comes off as poor for a mature one.
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    by a13n 9y ago

    Then how come for credit-card-required he says 40-60%? That must be trial to paid.
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    by a13n 9y ago

    That would make more sense. But then it's weird that for credit-card-required the conversion rate is 40-60%. That's definitely trial -> paid, not visitor -> paid.
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    by a13n 9y ago

    Not 98% of people... 98% of people who had a problem that they felt signing up for your trial would solve. It's not like trial signups are coming from random people across the globe.
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    by a13n 9y ago

    Yikes, that was the best article on SaaS that I've read all year. So much great information. A few things jumped out to me as off: > Conversion rates of low-touch SaaS trials with credit card not required: > 2%+: extremely good R
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    by a13n 9y ago

    Aren't text posts with links penalized?
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    by a13n 9y ago

    What's worth more, time or money?
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    by a13n 9y ago

    Thanks for reading and we're glad you liked it! Definitely reach out if you think there's something else we could write about that would be helpful. Content marketing is harddd.
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    by a13n 9y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! I'd love to learn more about what you're working on. Want to reach out on our live chat? As we mentioned in our blog post, we tried lower pricing and it didn't work well for us. Customers were less qu
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    by a13n 9y ago

    Thanks, the charts are from ChartMogul, which is free for under $10k MRR. Can't recommend them enough. https://chartmogul.com Honestly single sign-on is just a no brainer MVP feature for Canny. Your users shouldn't hav
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    by a13n 9y ago

    Could you be more specific? The survey charts?
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    SaaS Pricing: Lessons from Changes(blog.canny.io)

    166 points by a13n 9y ago|31 comments
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    by a13n 9y ago

    What? You can put ads in chronological feeds too.
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    by a13n 9y ago

    We're in Saigon right now! Bangkok next but thinking about Chiang Mai.
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    by a13n 9y ago

    Flight fares and tourist visa applications don't really jive with the last minute "we'll come and go when we want" mentality. It's quite expensive to travel this way, and you usually need an exit flight booked befor
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    by a13n 9y ago

    I think it's less about paying NYT and more about finding a story that they think their readers want to read. If NYT content were just advertisements / sponsored content, people wouldn't read it, and that'd hurt NYT&#x27
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    by a13n 9y ago

    As a digital nomad, we decided not to use Roam because of cost. It's basically like paying SF rent, but in countries with a third the cost of living. Being a digital nomad is definitely stressful. You have to constantly look for a good
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    by a13n 9y ago

    Their account is twice as old as yours.
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    by a13n 9y ago

    Logistically I don't that what you describe would actually work. What if you show up and a place is fully booked? As a digital nomad myself, the difference I see with Roam is it comes with a working space and therefore a network of lik
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    by a13n 9y ago

    This is the best way to invest if your don't want to put any effort or time learning/researching. Set it and forget it.
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    by a13n 9y ago

    If you have to spin up a server and write the code it isn't anywhere close to free
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    by a13n 9y ago

    It's basically 10x what Mailgun charges, which is pretty reasonable overhead imo. $10 to send 1,000 email notifications to your team is peanuts. People will 100% pay that.