I co-founded a niche SMB B2B SaaS product. Both my cofounder and I had day jobs. We worked nights/weekends to get to MVP and had 1 free beta customer use it during the day. After getting good feedback from the 1 customer we went to a trade show and got our first couple paying customers. I convinced my cofounder to leave his day job and I would use my salary to pay his bills until we got a few more customers so I could quit my day job. During that period we found an angel investor (a big potential customer who liked the MVP but wanted to see more features). I transitioned to full-time as soon as the check cleared. It worked! Though, luck and timing were the major factors involved for us. Good luck to you!
I have to admit attending a trade show never crossed my mind (I tend to default into the ‘the product is digital, so all promotion must be digital too’ mindset). Thanks for sharing your story!
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I co-founded a niche SMB B2B SaaS product. Both my cofounder and I had day jobs. We worked nights/weekends to get to MVP and had 1 free beta customer use it during the day. After getting good feedback from the 1 customer we went to a trade show and got our first couple paying customers. I convinced my cofounder to leave his day job and I would use my salary to pay his bills until we got a few more customers so I could quit my day job. During that period we found an angel investor (a big potential customer who liked the MVP but wanted to see more features). I transitioned to full-time as soon as the check cleared. It worked! Though, luck and timing were the major factors involved for us. Good luck to you!
I have to admit attending a trade show never crossed my mind (I tend to default into the ‘the product is digital, so all promotion must be digital too’ mindset). Thanks for sharing your story!
Thank you! I did my first trade show over the weekend and found it quite useful. I'm beginning to learn the ways to promote my products.
What is the product? If you can let us know. And what is the current status?
https://www.gingrapp.com/
An inspiring story! I'm curious, what was your tech stack?
I suspect given his background: PHP, React and Postgres.
I’d love to hear more!