Tell HN: 19yo, bootstrapped SaaS, 250k ARR after 10 months • Hacker News Board

christiansakai wrote: post #31

I find that amazing that in a crowded SaaS market you can still find opportunity everywhere, yet alone making a SaaS that makes money a $250kARR. Where do these people find ideas?

Pay attention to real problems, even small problems, that businesses have.

A real problem is something that costs them money or prevents them from earning money.

Re: Tell HN: 19yo, bootstrapped SaaS, 250k ARR after 10 months

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Post by avipars » Sat, Jan 23, 2021, 8:50 PM UTC

indiehackers and reddit are also great communities

Best of luck and share some tips with us

Re: Tell HN: 19yo, bootstrapped SaaS, 250k ARR after 10 months

#47

Post by apexalpha » Sat, Jan 23, 2021, 8:54 PM UTC

Lekker bezig hoor!

Not a founder myself, so no tips on that. Not super clear what your website does (if it's the one in your profile).

If you're ever looking to security / pentest your platform reach out to me. For the rest good luck and keep it up!

Re: Tell HN: 19yo, bootstrapped SaaS, 250k ARR after 10 months

#48

Post by j4yav » Sat, Jan 23, 2021, 8:55 PM UTC

Hey there, I'm founding a SaaS in the Netherlands also. Congrats on your success! Would love to chat sometime and build a community, you can DM me on Twitter (@j4yav).

Re: Tell HN: 19yo, bootstrapped SaaS, 250k ARR after 10 months

#49

Post by sjaak » Sat, Jan 23, 2021, 8:56 PM UTC

For those requesting a link to the company of OP, it's this: https://schoolyear.nl/

I assume it's ok that I post this, it was easy to find (2 clicks from your profile snerual)!

Good job, I think it's cool what you're doing! If I may ask: how do you prevent students from cheating on a test by using their phone for example? Or is your service for in-class tests where phones are forbidden?

Re: Tell HN: 19yo, bootstrapped SaaS, 250k ARR after 10 months

#50

Post by redis_mlc » Sat, Jan 23, 2021, 8:57 PM UTC

sjg007 wrote: post #32

snerual wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, yeah I discovered HN about a year ago and it is a wonderful source of entertainment and valuable information

One thing I noticed is that the YC batch tend not to post or comment much here. Except for hiring and show posts. My guess is that they are heads down working!

> One thing I noticed is that the YC batch tend not to post or comment much here.

They're on BookFace, YC's private forums.

HN is just YC's public ad server.