Joseph Won

10 years shipping SaaS. Now building my own. | Avalidate | ex-Stripe

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

Big day today.

1. my first sales call with a user
2. shipped an overhaul of the main report UI
3. validated that seeing actual warm leads appear is what triggers the "should I buy this right now?" feeling, or "wow" moment

Another day, another step closer to a full launch. Here we goooooo

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@NeverSinkDev Just sent you a paypal donation, rooting for you!

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@NeverSinkDev Also isn’t crossbow grenade leveling just cracked af?

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

Solo founders working full time can perhaps relate to this: these days I find I only have the spare energy to either do some outreach, or work on my app. Can't really do both at the moment unfortunately.

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

I just hit 150 users and $114 mmr. People are actually paying for a market research and validation app. Wild.

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

Software engineers, how many of you are triggered?

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

AI SaaS builders, let's connect!

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@uday_devops Hi let's connect

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@kaa_jinn @NeverSinkDev oh yeah, says the non-blue-checkmark guy 🤣

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@zairalaraib_ The real playbook is this:

- pop into the niche communities, like on Reddit
- engage with users, DM and talk to them
- send them your app if it solves their problem
- repeat x100 a day
- adjust if necessary but see where you land in a week or two

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@timothylindblom I wouldn't run any ads at all. I'd spend time in the niche or community and just talk to users. Then if I go as far as a waitlist I'd just build that and send them the link.

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@rcwhiteley Hey, this is actually pretty neat. I built an app that does this deeply for Reddit with constant monitoring, but I like the cross platform searches too. Thanks.

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@builtbypetr I haven't launched yet but good luck to you! What did you do to prepare for your launch, and does "it's working" actually mean to you?

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@dickiebush No

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@NeverSinkDev Damn now I’m perplexed. Maybe they are trying but failing?

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

Who here is building a SaaS startup in public? Lets connect

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@JamieOgundiran @adityakumar__03 Could you elaborate on that? What APIs or scraping?

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@harshexists @X Hey let’s connect!

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@devbelowstairs Thank you sir for the validation 😂

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

3 months of grinding away on Avalidate and went from 0 to 5 paying customers while working my 9-5 software job. I just came back from my first real break. What did I do? Played Diablo 4. It was a blast.

I couldn't help but think about what to do with my app and future plans but I tried my best to disengage.

Founders working a full time job, how do you avoid burnout?

[Joseph Won @Jwonathang]

@devbelowstairs Absolutely! Thankfully I have a basketball court and a gym nearby. Not so much grass...