How I created a profitable SaaS Product in 63 days - as a side project
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- Lessons learned from building and launching a profitable SaaS Product in 63 days while working +40h/week with two clients as a consultant.
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#saas #startup #business #marketing #growth
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Content:
0:00 Introduction
1:51 A dedicated audience
3:32 Get early users
5:11 Reuse everything you can
6:34 Spend time on marketing
7:52 Keep it organized
8:36 Hard work
10:05 Summary
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Ngl, I'm impressed. This is by far the best non BS, realistic video on building a SaaS product click.
Thank you! That truly means a lot to me.
I hear you, I have seen so much BS
Your videos are of very high quality, straight to the point. I enjoy them!
This was great and has inspired me to start work on my SaaS product immediately.
Hey Simon. First time here and I really loved the value you have provided in short amount of time and quality of the production. I am exactly in the same boat nowadays and trying to build my first saas. Already subscribed. Thank you
Awesome 🧡 I'm thrilled to hear that!
Welcome to the channel 🙌 And good luck with your first SaaS!
Thank you very much these videos!🙏🏽
I needed this,thank you Simon👈
Honestly I enjoyed watching, my biggest take away is to do list grooming, daily mindfulness and marketing.
Thank you so much. 🧡
Awesome, David 🧡
I'm super happy you got something out of it!
What I really liked about this video is that you are very truthful by warning people about their health while working hard. I applaud you for that 👍
Thank you! It was a bit of a "dilemma" between being honest about how hard I actually worked and not necessarily encouraging people to push themselves too hard.
Thank you so much for your channel Simon. You are a true inspiration.
I'm happy to hear that, Mark 🧡
I've been following on twitter for a long period. However, this content is the best valuable content in this field of tech and startup. 🙏🙏🌹 thank you Simon
Thank you so much 🧡
Simon, your mention of sacrificing a bit of sleep and working harder for a brief window of time struck me as valuable, especially your emphasis on maintaining health and understanding it's for a short duration.
Quite an amazing insight you just shared there, Simon. Thanks for the value. Your journey is very inspiring.
The pleasure is all mine 💪
Speechless! Amazing! Thanks for share this
Thank you!!
Thanks for sharing Simon. This is super useful
I'm happy to hear that 🙏
This was inspiring video!! Thanks Simon. Wishing Good luck with FeedHive
Thanks a lot 🙏
Man, I could really understand what you say after spending 7 month for my 1st project. Haha
Thanks for sharing and finger cross for ur prj!!!
the most useful no time waste video on the topic. best video i saw in this month what a intensified content 🙏
Thanks a lot! I'm glad to hear that 🙌
Great Video, Thanks so much .
Great video Simon!🙌🏻
Thanks a lot 🔥
This is going to be a fun video, I just know it! Adding it to my watch later but I'll like it first 😁
Awesome 🤩
Was waiting for this video!
🙌
It was amazing to know that how to build SaaS product. Thanks Simon!
Thank you, brother 🔥
Thanks Simon for making this video and it's really inspired me..
I'm really happy to hear that, Atif 🙏
Appreciate how you didn’t go promoting giving up healthy life forever but only short time
Bookmarking this tremendous amount of Wisdom
Thank you so much 🙏
I really appreciate it, man!
I love this video! The 100 thing works! 100/100 confirmed!
Thank you, my friend 🙏
Hey Simon It can help a lot if you document a video every step deeply no worry of long duration! we will watch the video as a course. By the way this video content is awsome...
Great content :), I just disagree with the last advice, I think the most important thing is to stay healthy, and just 30mins of sleep have a tremendous impact in your productivity and how you feel during the day, I wouldn't cut off that sleep time
It is said with a huge disclaimer: Only do this for a limited period of time, and of course, listen to your body!
So I agree with you, it's not advice that I'd give anyone as a longterm solution, for sure.
Thanks for the feedback 😊
It's just for a limited period of time, nothing wrong with that, makes totally sense.
@Hexiu Why people take stuff to the other extreme. Im a bodybuilder/powerlifter (not professional) and really know the importance of sleep hygiene, but nothing wrong if a limited period of time you sleep 6h/day to give that last push...
I didnt want to create such polemic here. I just added my point of view about sleeping, sleeping is not negotiable in any case for me, but it's just my opinion based on what I know about me and my body. Every person is different and you can disagree, I wish good luck in your business/jobs to everyone!
@@marcoscarlomagno3065 I appreciate that you took time to comment!
And I like that fact that you focus on health - it's an important point that you're making.
Congratulations on successfully building and launching a profitable SaaS product in just 63 days while juggling a demanding consulting job! Your journey is a testament to your determination and hard work.
Amazing story:) thank you!
Glad it was inspiring for you 💪
It's an old one - check out some of my most recent videos! At lot has happened since then.
Inspiring work! Thanks for sharing
Thanks a lot 🔥
I'll take your advice... Really good
🙌
Finally i met a true man in whole youtube🔥♥💚✌
Great tips!
Happy New Year!!
My Best Wishes For You and Your Family That This Year Brings Alot of Happiness And Success In Your Life
Have a Nice Year
really nice channel IDK why it dosent have that many likes and views
Thank you 🧡
It's still quite new - hopefully, it'll come 😁
If you could make a video on what skills you would recommend having to build a Saas that would be amazing!!!
(What programming languages, what software to use etc)
Let's discuss, 👆 I've got something to introduce to you okay.....god bless you .........🗨️🗨️📖🙏
Great video and insight!
I would disagree that you have to sacrifice your sleep and work so many hours to make it work. Sacrificing sleep and health even for 1 day is quite a bad idea.
Apart from that all tips are great! Thank you!
Great video
👍Thanks for been a subscriber
You have something special 🔥🔥....
Great video and content. I am a new subscriber. The video zoom in out effect was great but became a distraction after 3 minutes.
Thank you for the feedback 🙏
Great video m8. What did you do specifically to get the first 10, 100 and 1000 users? I'm curious
best inspiring video
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Nice. I dont know feedhive is your product. Its a great tool 🙂
Thanks man 😁
"My girlfriend is incredibly supportive" - Basically you could concentrate 100 percent.
Great content.
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Amazing video
Thank you 🧡
Hi Simon! How did you grow your twitter account? What strategy did you use?
Great tips. Thanks Simon
Btw, impressive speed to ship the product. Wonder if 63 days is based on the usable libraries already built and not much context switching? Definitely first time developer should take much longer than that
Thank you, Kenny!
Yes - a part of it was, definitely!
Hi Simon, 63 days is an incredible achievement! May I ask, how profitable is FeedHive? Can you live off of its income alone? Cheers
What do you use as a database provider?
How did you protect the saas product from hackers?
Kudos on actually addressing that an 80-100 hour work week is not healthy 👍 I think most people are tired of hearing the BS grind rhetoric
I think so too! And while I think you *can* burst a few 100-hour weeks, it's definitely not sustainable longterm.
Am I late to the party? I’m gonna sign up for Feedhive real soon!
No, not at all 🤩
Give it a go!
You deserve a like
Thank you 🧡
hello Simon Høiberg i hope you are doing well, I'm damou walid a fullstack junior developer from Algeria and i have a question please,
can I run a saas business from Algeria ? and what are the challenges I will go throw? your answer will help me a lot thank you
Nice video
Cheers!
So I am also building an AI product for the marketing space but I am not well versed in web based tech. Just AI . Would the chakra ui and the backend software you recommended have a steep learning curve
Where can I find one of these SOs that does all the housework so I can work on my own stuff?
Well, I think there's a lot of supportive people out there 😊
But remember, it's not a one-way street. In these days, she's working very hard, and now I'm doing the house-work, so be prepared for that as well 🙌
Hello Simon, it would be great if you break down your path to 32k followers from 800. I am following your youtube since it was like 18k subscriber. Its very clear that regular quality uploads has helped you grow this channel quite fast in the last 6 months. What else should someone follow apart from being regular. Any other marketing channel....??
That's actually a super good topic for an upcoming video 🙌
You mentioned mindfulness. How much do you meditate per day on average? Especially when you have a 40h job + side projects going on.
PS I'm a big fan of your stuff
Thank you! 🧡 I'm very happy to hear that!
The situation changed a bit since this video last year, so I'm not working as a consultant anymore.
Now I'm full time on this startup 😊
I still do meditation in periods, and I've found that as little as 10 minutes/day (in the mornings) does wonders.
It's important that it doesn't become a "duty", so keeping it short (for me) really helped me stick to it, and I do feel it sets the mood for the day really nicely!
@@SimonHoiberg Makes sense, thank you for the answer!
Developer discovers marketing
great work man! just a question, do you think could you do all this without ur degree?
Thanks man 😁
Without my degree - yes, I perfectly think I would be able to.
Without years of practice and experience - no, definitely not.
@@SimonHoiberg fair enough answer
What should I do if I don't want to affect my personal life by social accounts....
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How you manage the analytics?
Amplitude 😁
Thanks Simon for the great tips !
My only question : what about money ?, how do you make money from it ? Is it lucrative !?
Just in order to know !
( Yes i'm also money driven :) )
Of course! The financial aspect should be taken into account, definitely.
Yes, the product is profitable. It hit $300 MRR within the first two weeks - my goal for 2021 is hitting $10K MRR.
I'll be sharing everything I can, so stay tuned 🚀
Great, thanks you !
Looking forward for it !
@@SimonHoiberg Hi, Simon.
What is MRR?
@@atwajesper9434 Monthy Recurring Revenue = MRR
Would you say you already found product market fit after those 63 days?
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@@Powertrading8 so no product market fit within 63 days? 😅
Why did you decide to built specifically Feedhive instead of any other type of product?
FeedHive was simply what I was missing myself, in the journey of growing my social media accounts.
And I'd always prefer building something where I can be my own user 😁
@@SimonHoiberg Thanks. I am just curious. Didn't a similar product exist that would solve your problem at the time?
I have a questions, How did you decided to go ahead with such a product even if similar products are available?
I know there is always a chance to compete, but how do you tackle the fear of failing in your mind?
It's a great question!
Short answer: With the first SaaS Product that I mention, I tried to innovate and create a new need.
But as they say - there may be a gap in the market, but is there a market in the gap? It didn't work out for me.
So this time, I did the opposite. I tapped into a market that I knew was there and trying to fit the missing features from the current solutions available.
Long answer: I'll cover this in an upcoming video 😁
@@SimonHoiberg This is a great answer to start with.
I would be equally excited to learn about the long answer.
I also had similar experience in the past as Native Android Apps, but have not been able to reproduce similar in web. :) Learning alot from you guys, and
yes.. I need to manage time to do it on web. :)
Thanks again Simon. I am your Fan :) :)
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Studies show cutting sleep does not help you get more done. It just decreases your ability to accurately judge your own productivity while also making you less healthy.
Yes, definitely!
I actually have another video on productivity (that I did roughly a year later), where I'm addressing this, and kinda "redacting" some of the advice given in this video.
I wouldn't recommend not sleeping enough. Not even for a shorter period.
@@SimonHoiberg Cool thanks for the reply. I never like being too critical or negative but I thought it was important to offer the dissenting view on that one. Cheers
It’s not just about how hard you are willing to work. It’s also about how many kids you have. :)
Hehe 😉
@@SimonHoiberg Besides that. Great content! Thanks for that Simon! :) I would love to have more time for my side business, but with three kids and a full time job it is hard or almost impossible to cut off some more hours. Anyway. I don’t want to have it any other way. :)
My only excuse is that i don't have an amazing girlfriend. HAHA
Good work man.
I am also working on a crazy project and your video gave me some good insights.
Glad it helped you out 😁
Hey Simon,
Mind putting me on to your video editor, especially for your intro? If you're indeed your own video editor, good fucking shit. And secondly, what's your editing stack?
Hi, Brahma 😁
Thanks a lot!
I edit all my videos myself.
I'm using Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere and After Effects), and I am a heavy user of cool templates (like the intro) which I typically find on Envato market 🙌
@@SimonHoiberg good stuff dude. loving your content so far.
just got introduced to you via a post on Reddit.
I'd like to know how you built your Twitter audience so impressively; share ?
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@@Powertrading8 yeah, ughhh...NO
Impressed but overkill by overworking. There’s no rush
Retrospectively - now, 1.5 years later, I tend to agree with you, yes.
@@SimonHoiberg have you posted an update of your Saas and your journey? have you struggled to grow it?
Good way to sell the three mentioned books. That should be your take away from this clip.
I like the video, but I think you should put more light on your videos, left side of your face is in darkness :D Anyway, you have a nice story, well explained and a nice project. I wonder as user why I should use feedhive other than another tool
Thanks a lot for your feedback 😊
I'm still experimenting a bit with lighting and the scene in general - duly noted 😁
That's a lighting technique actually.
I know it may not seem ideal for the untrained eye but it's supposed to create a more professional effect. You can see this in many high level Documentaries. There's videos on this on TH-cam.
Now let me give you the real and most important tip to the success of any tech product: *Timing and most of all Luck!!*
I don't disagree. These factors are important.
The problem is when you get too focused on these factors. It becomes an excuse for not executing, an "explanation" of other's success that you use to protect your ego, and a source of analysis paralysis.
So while being true - don't obsess over the idea of luck and timing.
There are a ton of things you can do to greatly improve your chances of getting "lucky" and hitting the timing just right 😉
The most important one: Just start doing! Execute!
Also bootstrapping. Mvp Q3 . Rework, try with less. Need product in front of users than market research n take a stand.
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How can I pay you for advice
Let's discuss, 👆 I've got something to introduce to you okay.....god bless you .........🗨️🗨️📖🙏
There is no biological free lunch. Grinding DOES have a long term impact, even if you don't feel it right away. When you're on your deathbed you won't care about your business, you'll care about not having taken care of yourself. Rest of the points in this video, are amazing
Yeah, I actually agree with you.
I made a follow-up video on productivity a year later, and I'm addressing exactly this 👌
How do u get over the feeling that ur business ideas might get copied by someone else?😅
Check some of my other videos 😉
@@SimonHoiberg like what? I'm not scrolling through hundreds, give me some names of vids I should watch😅
I don't understand how you can do all this work? Development, design, selling and other.. It is not possible doing it yourself
This video is +1 year old now - today I have a team 😊
But I'm still pretty much involved with everything, though.
I just love doing many different things 🙌
"I had to drag users into the platform by force"
Sad but true!
FYI: Github also have a project board view that you can use. I use it for my projects, definitely enough for a one man project
Yeah, I know. I just find it a bit hard and annoying to use, personally.
@@SimonHoiberg Yeah i know what you mean, it's just a tip to the devs that don't have Trello etc. Github isn't the best UI for the board but it works. Worked fine for me at least, you have tags, can add pictures, can set priority etc.
takeaway from the video: get yourself a super girlfriend like he has.
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Silly Jokes apart, thanks for this video. I am working on something myself and will take it into consideration.
Haha 😂
Well, there's some truth to that!
Hey,
Nice video but NEVER EVER recommend cutting a sleep. It's just dumb.
It's an ad
Waaaay too many video effects for my liking
Fair enough 👍 Thanks for your feedback!
@@SimonHoiberg I feel same, but glad you are taking critisism in like a champ.
Instant sub.
Content is awesome, and I found you on Indiehacker.
@@KETANRAMTEKE Great, thank you 🙏
I want to improve these videos in any way I can, so it's important for me to know 😁
Please take a deep sleep, I can see your Red eyes :D
Hahaha! 😂
I'm full-time on FeedHive now, so I've gotten plenty (read: some) sleep since this video 😁✌️
You obviously dont have kids. That schedule is impossible with children, they are the definition of chaos even if they are on a schedule. You cannot schedule around sick children, visits to the principle and broken bones from sports, etc.