I hit $1000/mo. Here's the playbook I used.

Thousands of new SaaS apps get built every day. It can feel like all ideas are taken.

But listen, you don't have to come up with the next Google or Apple.

You just need to build something that solves a problem that people will pay $50+/mo for.

How I'd start:

Talk to 5-10 founders on calls, ask what software they use and love. Ask what could be improved about them.

Note down all options along with:
- how big the market is
- how hard it would be to build
- how much you could charge per month
- how you can make it better than existing solution

From there, pick whatever one you think you can sell and build easiest given your skills, weighing how big the market is and how much you can charge.

e.g. if market is 100 people and you can only charge $20, don't build it! assume in a good case you capture 1% of market

Now you need to sell your solution to that initial founder with the idea. They'll probably be supportive and willing to try your thing.

Can't sell it? Congrats, you are validating you should NOT do it, (saving yourself from wasting time!) pick a different one.

If you sold it however, DON'T BUILD YET!!! (but charge them)

Sell to 2-5 more people. Validate it. The last thing you want is to spend 20 hours developing it and then the first customer cancels on month 2. It's probably not validated.

Once you sell to to 5 or so folks, start building it. Spend a week in build mode only and get it shipped. Maybe 2 or 3 weeks. Doesn't need to be self serve. Just make it solve the problem you sold it to solve. Can have shit design, that will get improved throughout the next year.

From here, make these people happy. Get testimonials from every single one. Pay someone $300 to build a super sleek landing page.

Pick a marketing channel:
- Forums/X/Reddit/Fb groups
- Cold outreach (LinkedIn, email, X, not reddit though because it doesn't work well)
- Cold calls (hire someone in Egypt to do it for cheap)
- SEO (use Blawgy for content, fiverr for backlinks)
- Ads (probably not yet, ROI won't be there)

Try each for 2-4 weeks and scale whatever works best. That is your marketing channel.

Now you are on your way to $1k/mo.

Disclaimers/other thoughts:
- fiverr people are good for starting backlinks, but eventually high quality ones are needed
- I wouldn't do ads until $5k+/mo
- blawgy is my tool but I am working daily to make it the best ai content writer in the market
- at $1k/mo hire someone to do task level stuff like development. but make sure all tasks are clearly defined
- take breaks when you work 24/7 for a few days in a row or you will damage your mind and body
- never stop doing sales and marketing... never. always have deals in the pipeline

Hope it helped. Dm with questions.