The first SaaS mistake: building too long before talking to users
The first product took months of feature polishing before any real conversations with potential users. After launch, the market wanted something very different from what had been built.
The main lesson is that checking matters more than trying to make a perfect product in private. For a small internet , customer problems and willingness to pay should be tested before spending months on .
Key points
- Months were spent polishing before speaking with potential users.
- After launch, users wanted something different from the finished product.
- The hard lesson was to before perfecting the product.
- s should test the problem and willingness to pay before a long build.