How to Build a Micro-SaaS Without Building Too Much?

Yes, I am going to talk about “how to build a micro-SaaS”, as simple as that, but it’s not a copy+paste of what’s already there.

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Building software has become easier, but deciding what deserves to be built is still difficult. A founder can spend weeks adding features, connecting tools and improving the interface without knowing whether customers need any of it.

If you want to learn how to build a micro saas from scratch, the first step is to keep the product focused on a problem worth solving. That’s why I wrote this piece, to walk all you beginners through the decision of moving from an idea to a working product, minus that tedious and sometimes unnecessary development work.

Step 1: Start with a Problem (Forget the word “Product”)

Before choosing a product idea, look at the work people already do and the problems they repeatedly encounter. You will find a lot of useful opportunities hidden in a spreadsheet, a manual reporting process or a task that takes employees several hours every week. Sometimes, you find them on Reddit too (I know that would be tedious task, so I use some tools to streamline my Reddit micro-saas research).