Hello, this is both my intro and a start to what I hope to be a long thread. I'm posting here to hopefully provide some inspiration for others willing to take the dive in the future.
I'm starting a SaaS company based around education and studying. I will be charging only $10 to $20 per year per customer. The number of possible customers is approximately 100,000 customers. It's a fairly tight community for such a large amount of people so I am hoping that the word will spread fast. The competition is very outdated. This is my first app so I am hoping to reach a goal of $100,000+ per year of income within 2 years. It will be an iPhone app to start with and is about 90% passive after everything is setup. I will be in the business of selling information.
I'm 26 years old, I have a wife and a daughter and am in the military. This business idea and goal was started before I discovered millionaire fastlane, but the book has really clarified some things for me and totally solidified my goals, which I am very grateful for. It's been about 2 years since I had my "aha!" moment, so it's about time to finally buckle down and pull myself up by my bootstraps! My goal is to no longer be a slave to a 9-5 job by the time I am 28 (when my enlistment is over) and retired by the time I am 32. In this thread I will post any updates that I think might help others in their journey.
To start off here is what I've accomplished so far.
To do list:
November 2013 expenses: $650
Expenses so far: $780
I'm starting a SaaS company based around education and studying. I will be charging only $10 to $20 per year per customer. The number of possible customers is approximately 100,000 customers. It's a fairly tight community for such a large amount of people so I am hoping that the word will spread fast. The competition is very outdated. This is my first app so I am hoping to reach a goal of $100,000+ per year of income within 2 years. It will be an iPhone app to start with and is about 90% passive after everything is setup. I will be in the business of selling information.
I'm 26 years old, I have a wife and a daughter and am in the military. This business idea and goal was started before I discovered millionaire fastlane, but the book has really clarified some things for me and totally solidified my goals, which I am very grateful for. It's been about 2 years since I had my "aha!" moment, so it's about time to finally buckle down and pull myself up by my bootstraps! My goal is to no longer be a slave to a 9-5 job by the time I am 28 (when my enlistment is over) and retired by the time I am 32. In this thread I will post any updates that I think might help others in their journey.
To start off here is what I've accomplished so far.
- Opened up a business bank account
- Registered company name
- Bought a computer for business
- Purchased domain name
- Spoke with lawyers about legalities of business to make sure I wont get into any legal trouble. Seems okay so far.
- Started a 7 day logo contest at 99designs $600
- Created a launch page at kickoffpages - $50/mo, but if it seems good i will purchase an annual package to save money.
- I hope to have the launch page completely finished by December 1st, including any pre response emails.
- I've started talking about my app with other people. I've gotten past the stage where I'm afraid everyone is going to steal my idea.
- I've been listening to entrepreneur podcasts and they all are pretty fond of these launch pages.
- Created some of the material to be purchased - 3 hours spent.
To do list:
- Set a goal for a final release date of April 15th
- Sell our paid off car for $10k (and refinance another one) for cash on hand to build the app. The app should cost from $5-10k on elance to build.
- Finish designing app and website administration backend wireframe for elance designer.
November 2013 expenses: $650
Expenses so far: $780
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