to build or to not build a saas
SaaS is everywhere. Almost every tech product is becoming a SaaS. It's tiring, but I get the appeal. Subscriptions sound fun, regular income and it's exciting to see someone invest in a tool you built.
As a developer, I have the skillset to build a given SaaS in a reasonable timeframe. And I seem relatively interested in it. So what's stopping me?
- Strong ideas. I don't want to build a saas for the sake of it. I'm very intentional with the things I do.
- Perfectionism. I'm a bit of a neat-freak when it comes to code. I like it all looking pretty and working well, passing the tests.
- Fear of paywalls. I have quite a few limiting money beliefs that stop me from actively trying to sell something online.
I don't think I'll find an idea worth building with my current mindset. I think I'm too scared of what the journey could become, that I'm trying to qualify the idea before I give the journey a chance.
Realistically, I'm young enough to take any given idea and build it, see what happens. If it flops, I don't lose much, I only gain. I don't have to do a 12 startups in 12 months thing, but I can definitely build a range of projects and just see how I feel.
I'll learn more from the journey when I'm in it, than I will when I'm looking at it from afar. The answer is, to build a saas.