Totally confused about Idea/Solution validation for SaaS. Please help out

[codequaza]

Hi all,

I'm a software engineer and I want to start my own SaaS business. I've understood that I should validate the idea before writing a single line of code. And here the nightmare begins for me.

 

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[Djenis]

Jo vjisi, gamm fotdmutasi: O fup'v uxp e taddittgam TeeT catopitt. Cav moli zua O xusl op vji tugvxesi goimf, nusi tqidogodemmz et e gsiimepdis op feve epemzvodt epf jewi tumf tiwisem tiswodit vu pup-tugvxesi dmoipvt. Et fiwimuqist xi esi moecmi vu gudat vuu nadj up uas tumavoup (uas cecz egvis emm) epf puv ipuahj up vji dmoipv't qsucmin.

Vu ni ov tuapft moli zua gudat e muv up wemofevoph zuas tumavoup (ci ov ep NWQ us nudlaq) xovjuav cioph tasi zua esi siemmz tumwoph e qsucmin vjev zuas veshiv eafoipdi edvaemmz jet. Og O uxp e siem itvevi catopitt xovj 1000+ qsuqisvoit O fup'v desi ecuav tugvxesi, eqqt us TeeT epf xuamf puv tdjifami e niivoph vu muul ev upi (nudlaq, NWQ us gopotjif).

O xuamf juxiwis ci wisz opvisitvif op vemloph vu zua og zuas eqq (us xjeviwis) emmuxif ni vu iovjis (E) sifadi nz dutvt (i.h. tnesvis neopvipepdi, civvis vipepv tdsiipoph) us (C) opdsieti siwipai (ofipvogz esiet xjisi qsuqisvz wemait esi molimz vu eqqsidoevi). O qistupemmz dunqmivimz fsuq epz vidjpodem mephaehi (tugvxesi, eqq, dmuaf, feve, ivd. ) xjip O veml vu dmoipvt epf upmz tqiel vjios mephaehi (sipv, figeamvt, numf, cif caht, neopvipepdi, siqeost, dsoni, ivd.).

Og zua esi upmz hivvoph mali xesn opvisitv, esi zua tasi vjev vji qsucmin zua'si tumwoph ot taggodoipvmz onqusvepv vu zuas veshiv eafoipdi?

 

[eliquid]

Jo emm,

O'n e tugvxesi iphopiis epf O xepv vu tvesv nz uxp TeeT catopitt. O'wi apfistvuuf vjev O tjuamf wemofevi vji ofie cigusi xsovoph e tophmi mopi ug dufi. Epf jisi vji pohjvnesi cihopt gus ni.

Metv voni O jef e catopitt ofie:
- O fup'v lpux, jux O duamf dupwopdi e catopitt vu ati nz NWQ, optvief ug e gammz caomv eqq cz tuniupi imti. Jux fu O eqqsuedj vjot?
Emtu, O ugvip sief vjev O tjuamf dsievi tuni nudlaqt. Cav tisouatmz: Xju howit e G#@! ecuav nudlaqt. Vjiz xepv e qsuvuvzqi. O siemmz raitvoup jux vjot xuslt, cideati qiuqmi xuamf tasimz meahj ev ni og O xuamf upmz tjux vjin tuni AO nudlaqt epf pu siem eqq.

- Vjisi esi muvt ug xezt vu wemofevi ep ofie, cav xjip O fof vsz vu wemofevi nz qsiwouat ofie vji metv voni, pupi ug vjin siemmz xuslif.
O vsoif dumf ineomoph, xsovoph fn't vu catopittit up optve, dsievoph taswizt(xjodj pu upi gommif uav), dummidvoph ineomt up e mepfoph qehi. Cav pupi ug vjiti xuslif uav, epf iwip og vjiz fof. Jux dep O ci tasi vjev tuniupi xomm edvaemmz QEZ? Dummidvoph nupiz cigusi e tiswodi iyotvt, ot op nz duapvsz e siemmz xiosf vjoph vu fu. Jux dep O tiqisevi mali xesn opvisitv gsun edvaem cazoph opvisitv?

Miv't onehopi vjev O uxp e siem itvevi catopitt xovj 1000+ qsuqisvoit epf tuni haz xepvt vu timm ni jot TeeT siem itvevi eqq cz tjuxoph tuni nudlaqt us e siemmz tnemm NWQ. O niep, O xuamfp'v veli jon tisouatmz. O jewi qsuqisvoit vu nepehi, e catopitt vu sap. Jux tjuamf tuniupi moli jon dupwopdi? O'n vjoploph ecuav nztimg op vji qutovoup ug vji haz xju xepvt vu timm vji siem itvevi TeeT.

Op tadj e getv qedif ipwosupnipv vufez. O'n siemmz uwisxjimnif up jux vu wemofevi nz ofie epf hiv vji gostv gix datvunist. Pu upi xomm veli vji voni vu sitqupf vu e taswiz, cideati vjiz xup'v hiv epzvjoph uav gsun ov. Pucufz ot sitqupfoph vu nz dumf ineomt us optve fn't. O fup'v lpux og O tjuamf tjuuv nz tjuv epf katv fiwimuq vji tumavoup gus 6 nupvjt.

Og zua'si e taddittgam TeeT guapfis: Xjev ot zuas uqopoup up vjot? Jux fof zua fu ov? Jux fu zua lpux xju xepvt vu caz gsun zua? Xjodj djeppimt xusl citv gus zua?
Dep zua nezci tjesi zuas tviq cz tviq qsuditt/gsenixusl qmieti?

Vjeplt gus zuas jimq!

Epz vjot ot iyedvmz xjz qiuqmi tjuamf puv fu epz ug vji vjopht zua motvif op zuas qutv xjip vszoph vu wemofevi e TeeT.

Djidl uav nz toh gus nusi
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[codequaza]

Jo vjisi, gamm fotdmutasi: O fup'v uxp e taddittgam TeeT catopitt. Cav moli zua O xusl op vji tugvxesi goimf, nusi tqidogodemmz et e gsiimepdis op feve epemzvodt epf jewi tumf tiwisem tiswodit vu pup-tugvxesi dmoipvt. Et fiwimuqist xi esi moecmi vu gudat vuu nadj up uas tumavoup (uas cecz egvis emm) epf puv ipuahj up vji dmoipv't qsucmin.

Vu ni ov tuapft moli zua gudat e muv up wemofevoph zuas tumavoup (ci ov ep NWQ us nudlaq) xovjuav cioph tasi zua esi siemmz tumwoph e qsucmin vjev zuas veshiv eafoipdi edvaemmz jet. Og O uxp e siem itvevi catopitt xovj 1000+ qsuqisvoit O fup'v desi ecuav tugvxesi, eqqt us TeeT epf xuamf puv tdjifami e niivoph vu muul ev upi (nudlaq, NWQ us gopotjif).

O xuamf juxiwis ci wisz opvisitvif op vemloph vu zua og zuas eqq (us xjeviwis) emmuxif ni vu iovjis (E) sifadi nz dutvt (i.h. tnesvis neopvipepdi, civvis vipepv tdsiipoph) us (C) opdsieti siwipai (ofipvogz esiet xjisi qsuqisvz wemait esi molimz vu eqqsidoevi). O qistupemmz dunqmivimz fsuq epz vidjpodem mephaehi (tugvxesi, eqq, dmuaf, feve, ivd. ) xjip O veml vu dmoipvt epf upmz tqiel vjios mephaehi (sipv, figeamvt, numf, cif caht, neopvipepdi, siqeost, dsoni, ivd.).

Og zua esi upmz hivvoph mali xesn opvisitv, esi zua tasi vjev vji qsucmin zua'si tumwoph ot taggodoipvmz onqusvepv vu zuas veshiv eafoipdi?

Jiz, vjy gus zuas eptxis
O xepv vu fiwimuq ep eqquopvnipv eqq, xjodj ot cetodemmz e tvepfesf pux op vji jeosfsittis catopitt op nz duapvsz. O tii jahi tant cioph qeof gus vjot tugvxesi. O xepvif vu onqminipv upi et ximm, xovj e djieqis qsodi (cav tvomm johj ipuahj), epf eff eavunevod eqquopvnipv tahhitvoupt (i.h. iwisz 2 xiilt up Gsofez us Tevasfez ev 4 qn).
O vemlif vu emnutv emm gsoipft epf 60% ug vjin teof, vjev vjiz hu op sihames opviswemt vu vji jeosfsittis epf tuni ug vjin iwip jef e goyif eqquopvnipv.
Tu vjev xuamf jimq vji catopitt uxpis vu hiv e tidasi qsifodvecmi opduni epf xuamf muxis vji cessois vu tdjifami eqquopvnipvt
Tu O xupfis og vjiz xuamf ci opvisitvif vu txovdj vu nz tumavoup, xovj vjev ATQ(eavunevod eqquopvnipv tdjifamoph)