felixheikka
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Comment · 1 year ago
Previous Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42430923 I can easily say that Buildpad is significantly different to what it was back then. It was essentially just a chat interface back then with different phases. I’ve changed the workflow now to have a canvas, new phases, more sources for validation, research page for validating demand with your target audience, new tools, etc.
Comment · 1 year ago
Thank you. Here it is: https://buildpad.io
Comment · 1 year ago
$33k revenue Stripe image since it's HN: https://imgur.com/a/0aDJOG4
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm with you there 100%
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks!
Comment · 1 year ago
No problem. We kept the MVP free because we wanted to get more people through the door who could provide the valuable feedback we needed.
It wasn't until around 150 users that we launched on Product Hunt and got our first paying customers.
Comment · 1 year ago
For the curious, my SaaS can be found here https://buildpad.io
Comment · 1 year ago
It works well for products targeting founders since they're very active online. However, there's no problem to find social media communities of gardeners, lawyers, content creators, etc., to be active in.
Not everyone who gave feedback ended up being an active user, but they were all part of our target audience. Otherwise their feedback would've been quite irrelevant.
"Feels like a group of people agreeing to follow each other on social media so they can tell others they have X followers." made me laugh not gonna lie, but it's actually a nice community of founders. Currently at 140k members.
Comment · 1 year ago
Hey everybody,
7 months ago we launched Buildpad on Product Hunt and ended up in #4 place.
The top 3 products were all VC backed companies that spent a lot of money to get their traffic. My co-founder and I never raised any money and the only reason we managed to claim a top 5 spot was because the community got behind us and supported us.
So today, 7 months later, we’re hoping that we will be able to do it again.
Let's make Product Hunt a place for bootstrappers again. We appreciate every bit of support we can get to take on the corporate giants.
Comment · 1 year ago
My co-founder had a $30k MRR SaaS before this.