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Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years

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Re: Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years

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Post by Axsuul »

RicoElectrico wrote: post #84
ricksunny wrote: post #55

Good on you; We need more examples highlighted of entrepreneurs leading the slow-burn (in a good way) types of ventures. Not every business activity fits the go-big-or-go-home Zuckerberg-esque meteoric rise archetype that the Techcrunch-led hype media attracts eyeballs for portraying.

Amen. But if you ever happen to invent a product category that turns out to be a huge untapped market, the gatekeepers-that-be (Google, Facebook, Apple et al.) will try to enter it as well and stomp you. Even if you don't, still, they collect their rent on everything we do online nowadays.

Usually if that happens they expand the market, not kill you.

Re: Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years

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Post by Brajeshwar »

matt1 wrote: post #5
Brajeshwar wrote: post #3

Hey Matt, This is awesome. Congratulations and best of luck. I remember using it and we communicated (email), about your time in Iraq and how your built[1] Preceden. You upgraded my account while I was toying with few ideas and using it to plan timelines. Nice stumbling on it again there. 1. https://mattmazur.com/2016/01/04/building-a-startup-in-45-mi...

I still have our email exchange from back in 2016 - I hope you were able to successfully leverage the eCommerce boom in India that you mentioned. Thanks for saying hey!

Unfortunately, mine didn't work out but the team I led was able to help a well-known brand in India scale one of their ecommerce initiative. I took a 4-member team, and spent about 3 months to help them 3x (I think 4x) their sales powered by the frictionless and sub-minute checkout process, etc.

One of our team wrote few articles about it. Link below which includes a lot of dead links and I need to figure out how to log into Medium and change the details, the redirects etc.

https://medium.com/alaris-prime/e-commerce-case-study-buildi...

Re: Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years

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Post by dfrey1 »

stevoski wrote: post #30

Matt, this is simply an awesome story. It’s surprisingly common that people take years to get to the point where they can go full-time. I find your story far more relatable than the “I started a SaaS and reached tons of revenue in one year - and you can too!” stories we are plagued with.

Honestly I totally agree. Matt, your determination in seeing this through, and the dedication for 13 (!!) years is wildly inspiring in this, and it gives me hope for some of my SaaS dreams.

Re: Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years

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Post by mardifoufs »

MrOwnPut wrote: post #179
mardifoufs wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does the iraq or afghan war have to do with pax americana? Was 2003 iraq a real threat to the global empire?

Where in my post did I say that? If you do want to see my response about the endless wars: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34249354 But comment you replied to is about the 1A and the military that makes that possible.

So he can absolutely criticize or even boycott soldiers that invaded iraq, because they have 0 to do with pax americana, and did nothing to protect the 1A and the constitution anyways. I don't get how your comment makes sense otherwise

Re: Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years

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Post by fencepost »

matt1 wrote: post #120
noname123 wrote: post #118

Hi Matt, thanks for sharing. Just a proof of my staying power, I saw your Preceden post on HN; and paid for a license 13 years ago promptly your v0.1 and I am still here. https://i.imgur.com/ejUm3Gh.png I had bought a license purely on a whim as I was browsing HN on company-time. I was in 20's, bored and ambitious with no concrete plans and I proceeded to play on company-time in my cubicle the rest of the day and pla…

Wow, you got on one of those $19 for life plans that I initially offered, that's wild! It's great to hear you got some use out of the tool and hopefully continue to do so. I look forward to your next life update in 13 years when Preceden makes the HackerNews homepage again :). PS for any aspiring entrepreneurs: don't offer lifetime plans, and definitely not for $19, lol.

PS for any aspiring entrepreneurs: don't offer lifetime plans, and definitely not for $19, lol.

And for those aspiring to find the lifetime plans by startups, go look through offers on AppSumo.

Re: Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years

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Post by caffeine »

dylan604 wrote: post #158
noname123 wrote: post #118

Hi Matt, thanks for sharing. Just a proof of my staying power, I saw your Preceden post on HN; and paid for a license 13 years ago promptly your v0.1 and I am still here. https://i.imgur.com/ejUm3Gh.png I had bought a license purely on a whim as I was browsing HN on company-time. I was in 20's, bored and ambitious with no concrete plans and I proceeded to play on company-time in my cubicle the rest of the day and pla…

>(maybe in 2 years for at least 10K, rite??) grabbing the wheel and jerking hard left on the conversation, but this comment struck me as funny. rite?? like getting a 10K raise in 2 years is a rite of passage that we should all be expecting to happen to all of us, right?

I read this as tongue-in-cheek.

The author was amused at his younger self’s naïveté and entitlement in assuming such a raise was a given and planning it on a timeline app.

So I think you are actually in agreement.

Re: Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years

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Post by mnky9800n »

jwmoz wrote: post #130
noname123 wrote: post #118

Hi Matt, thanks for sharing. Just a proof of my staying power, I saw your Preceden post on HN; and paid for a license 13 years ago promptly your v0.1 and I am still here. https://i.imgur.com/ejUm3Gh.png I had bought a license purely on a whim as I was browsing HN on company-time. I was in 20's, bored and ambitious with no concrete plans and I proceeded to play on company-time in my cubicle the rest of the day and pla…

Can you talk more about your trading bot? I've also done something similar the last year, mainly systematic trading and cross-sectional system.

Did it make money?

Re: Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years

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Post by vram22 »

hermitcrab wrote: post #144
matt1 wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, you got on one of those $19 for life plans that I initially offered, that's wild! It's great to hear you got some use out of the tool and hopefully continue to do so. I look forward to your next life update in 13 years when Preceden makes the HackerNews homepage again :). PS for any aspiring entrepreneurs: don't offer lifetime plans, and definitely not for $19, lol.

Congrats on 13 years. I started selling my (desktop) software in 2005 and am still going. >don't offer lifetime plans Yep! https://successfulsoftware.net/2008/09/08/should-i-give-free...

Congrats, Andy.

I have been reading Andy's blog for some years now. Though the main focus is on his own products and his product development experiments and experiences, many of the posts have good advice for those wanting to create their own products for sale. There are also some interesting interviews with other product creators.

Re: Going full time on my SaaS after 13 years

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Post by dylan604 »

caffeine wrote: post #186
dylan604 wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>(maybe in 2 years for at least 10K, rite??) grabbing the wheel and jerking hard left on the conversation, but this comment struck me as funny. rite?? like getting a 10K raise in 2 years is a rite of passage that we should all be expecting to happen to all of us, right?

I read this as tongue-in-cheek. The author was amused at his younger self’s naïveté and entitlement in assuming such a raise was a given and planning it on a timeline app. So I think you are actually in agreement.

I was keying in on rite vs right, right?
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