Re:Ask HN: Is the concept of a one-person software shop stil...
by thepredestrian on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @12:09AM
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Unrelated point, but I would do anything (even put school on hold) just to be able to work with a mentor like you. Being a solo founder for niche Saas products is exactly what I aspire to be, and learning from someone who's been there and done that would be a terrific experience
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Re:Ask HN: Is the concept of a one-person software shop stil...
by 20years on Thursday December 15, 2016 @11:51AM
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I will reach out to you at the beginning of the new year. Honestly though if you are interested, I would put you mostly on advertising related stuff. Coding is the easy part, advertising and acquiring users is the hard part. Learning how to advertise a product and acquire users for less than what you are spend is one of the most important pieces of running a SaaS.
Re:Ask HN: Is the concept of a one-person software shop stil...
by thepredestrian on Saturday December 17, 2016 @10:34PM
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Oh wow, that'd be super amazing, and I look forward to that.
I wholeheartedly agree that advertising and acquiring users are the most important pieces, and also one of the hardest. Finding a niche and the market to go after (who do I approach? what do I say? what sort of problems can I solve that hasnt already been done? etc) has been a stumbling block, not to mention the fact that I'm far from technically fluent to spin up a basic prototype to demo.
As such I kinda put that aspiration on hold and decided to hone my craft in CS / programming in general, so that at least I have a solid, technical base to built off on.
Anyhow, I really appreciate your response and am excited to hearing back from you.
Re:Ask HN: Is the concept of a one-person software shop stil...
by jackgolding on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @11:12PM
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these guys do an internship you might be interested in https://empireflippers.com/ (caveat: I don't know anything about them)