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▲ 16 r/Entrepreneur

entrepreneurship is like constantly running on a treadmill. how can you tell if you're resilient or plain old stubborn?

most of the days are so slow.

some days you see good results.

but almost always, you're battling on all fronts for product, development, customer acquisition and distribution, competitors, etc. etc.

is there any systemic way you can clearly identify whether it's a lost cause or you just haven't pushed hard enough?

some people seem like they have it as a talent, smelling a good opportunity from miles away.

for the rest of us, it's not as clear-cut.

you don't know whether it didn't work because you did a poor job, or whether it was a deadend to begin with.

any advice or tips that can help for the rest of us? any lessons learned that we can apply to our own setup?

thanks in advance.

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u/Odd_Awareness_6935 — 2 days ago
▲ 1 r/SaaSSales

first sale on my second attempt, happy, grateful, speechless!

hey guys,

I'm a technical engineer that started building and shipping SaaS for the last 12 months

in 2026, I shipped my 2nd products, a B2B SaaS just like the first one

and 3 days after production launch, I got my first sale

this makes me so happy, a lot happier I've felt in a very very long time

I feel kinda accomplished and I know it sounds silly and childish to other people who're more successful, but it's a big milestone and I am genuinely proud

I don't want to jinx it just yet, but I have a few heuristics of what has worked so far that I feel strongly about

and I want to share them here for people who are just starting out, or are hesitant on whether they should!

\\## what I think worked

  1. \\\*Losses are lessons\\\*

I launched my first one last year, and it didn't get much traction

I felt defeated but didn't stop

I have been looking for another problem ever since to solve and I may have found it this time, fingers crossed

  1. \\\*competition is a signal\\\*

I didn't want to play clever

I honestly don't have the runway to perform massive market research to validate an idea; I picked one where a long list of competition are already present and I aimed at doing it \\\*better\\\*, \\\*faster\\\*, \\\*cheaper\\\*; ideally all three, at the very least 2.

  1. \\\*your landing page is your storefront\\\*

spend time cleaning it up

make it easy to read (fonts, layout, etc.) and make it easy to explore, both for humans and for AI agents crawling your site

if people ask chatgpt and others "best X for Y", you can't show up if your site is not representing you in a trustworthy and credible manner.

  1. \\\*directory listing is shovel selling\\\*

this one I'm sure will piss-off a few individuals but I'm gonna be straight here

I got all my users from my landing page and I never submitted this to any directory

that's just procrastination rather than actually doing the distribution honestly

those telling you otherwise have other incentives

  1. \\\*UX is non-negotiable\\\*

it should be easy for normal users, but open to explore and navigate deeper for power users. I don't compromise on this one bit!

\\## what I'll do next

  1. \\\*SEO is working, I'm doubling down\\\*

I perform a LOT of keyword research to identify low KD and achievable keywords

I identify People Also Ask for (PAA), and I make sure the primary keywords is in the title, the slug, the H1, and the first 100-chars of intro

I make sure that internal linking is like a spider web; intertwined and deeply connected, but also, semantically and contextually relevant.

  1. \\\*support\\\*

I have a few free users which I'll nurture to convert, and I'll make sure to deliver the best UX possible to keep the paying user(s) happy

  1. \\\*marketplace listing\\\*

submitting to places like g2 & capterra

these are high DR sites you NEVER want to miss. even if nofollow, you MUST be present where your buyer is.

\\## what about you

you that are reading this...

who may have passed this stage or may probably still be in the same phase...

what about you?

where are you at and where you're headed?

I'd love to hear some of your stories as well

happy to answer any possible question.

P.S. they say getting your first 10 users is the HARDEST part. but at the same time, each sale is very very personal and I'll cherish it even more. because it feels earned

u/Odd_Awareness_6935 — 6 days ago
▲ 26 r/youngentrepreneur

I made my first sale building SaaS

it's crazy stupid if you think you can do it

but it's even crazier and more stupid if you think you can't

I feel happy, happiest I've ever been for a very long time

#solopreneur #indiehacker

u/Odd_Awareness_6935 — 9 days ago