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davidheikka

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    Comment #43206039

    I realized deep research would be great for validating business ideas so I built it into Buildpad. You can try it for free to see if your idea is worth pursuing. And don’t worry, i…

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    Comment #43056142

    I was always driven but when I was younger I channeled it into video games and sports. During the past year it has intensified. I think part of it comes from reading about people w…

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    Comment #43056096

    That's awesome. Wishing you the best!

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    Comment #43051736

    I’d say consistency with high volume targets. We got our early users from posting on X, especially in the build in public community, and that came from doing a lot of posts and rep…

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    Comment #43050835

    Yes, doing it full-time. Cost to acquire new customers has been $0, we're growing organically and through content marketing. I believe we could hit $10k just repeating what we're d…

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    My 2 year journey to building a successful product ($2,700 MRR)

    February 14, 2023: Running a successful SaaS since 1.5 years back, but as the marketing/sales founder. It’s not the project I actually want to do. I want to be the one building pro…

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    Comment #42980421

    Appreciate the suggestions, will keep that in mind

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    Comment #42975223

    Thanks! We don't have it right now but it's something we've thought about and may implement in the future.

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    Learned to code, built a SaaS, now have paid customers from 40 countries

    6 months ago I first had the idea for my latest project. I wanted to create a platform where founders get everything they need to build their products. The core of it would be an A…

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    Show HN: A tool that analyzes Reddit posts to validate your idea

    We wanted to make idea validation super easy and available to everyone so we built this free tool. How it works: 1. Describe your idea 2. Get a problem statement + target audience …

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    Comment #42258889

    It totally depends on the situation. The good thing about X is that you can link your project in your bio and do a pinned post as well, so when you provide some value in a conversa…

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    We validated our idea and reached $1k MRR

    I know what it's like to try to market a product that no one wants. We spent months building a product and then 6 months trying to market it and got 0 sales. We even spent $900 on …

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    We went from 0 users to 1600 users after 80 days of effort and $0 spent

    I'll tell you exactly how we did it, but first you should know: the bar is a lot lower than you think. - Most people aren't following a clear process for building and launching the…

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    Comment #42221630

    Thanks for the suggestion. It's something we'll likely be implementing. The only thing is that Reddit provides better data because there are actual discussions that reveal a lot wh…

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    Comment #42216646

    The project: https://buildpad.io

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    Our SaaS hit 50 paying subscribers today. Here's how we did it with $0:

    I will get to the marketing part, but first we needed an actual good product. Else marketing won’t work. Here’s the 4 step approach we followed for building something people wanted…