I'm working on my SaaS solo and I expect to work on it at least 1 year before releasing a beta. And after that I don't expect making some profit for at least another year, probably two.
Working 3 weeks on something and expecting it to have some value is totally unrealistic. Yeah, maybe someone somewhere pulled that off, but it's one in a million chance and the lowest hanging fruit has already been taken years ago.
Why did you decide to spend a year building something before releasing it? Wouldn't you want to validate the value your product brings to the table before spending that long on it?
> Working 3 weeks on something and expecting it to have some value is totally unrealistic.
Agreed -- the conversations I was having based on that were more about projected value it might offer rather than the current value. I wanted to see if I could people invested in the idea and my capabilities to deliver it, more so than the actual product as it existed at that time.
> Why did you decide to spend a year building something before releasing it? Wouldn't you want to validate the value your product brings to the table before spending that long on it?
One year is not that much for a one man band but a) I believe I know the value it brings and b) even with a valuable idea you're still very far away from a successful product/company.
Working 3 weeks on something and expecting it to have some value is totally unrealistic. Yeah, maybe someone somewhere pulled that off, but it's one in a million chance and the lowest hanging fruit has already been taken years ago.