Building a SaaS from Scratch, Working 15 Hours Per Week & TinySeed Spring Applications
TinySeed applications for our Spring 2023 Americas and Europe programs are now open.
TinySeed is a year-long SaaS-focused accelerator designed to help B2B companies scale and grow to the next level.
Since 2019, we've backed over 100 companies (including SavvyCal, Userlist, SEOTesting, Churnkey, and Gymdesk) and we're excited to bring on two new batches of founders into the TinySeed community.
👉 Read our announcement post
Here's what we're covering this week:
Building a SaaS from scratch
Running a SaaS on 15 hours a week
The biggest problem with implementing OKRs
📺 Featured on the MicroConf Youtube Channel
How to Build SaaS from Scratch in 8 Simplified Steps
Growing a startup from scratch doesn't have to be so hard that you lose excitement and burn out fast. Here are 8 simplified steps on how to build a SaaS from scratch.
🎙 New On Startups For The Rest Of Us
In episode 647, Rob Walling chats with Whitney Deterding about product marketing and how to equip sales, support, and your entire team with critical product knowledge as you grow. We dive into how to communicate all aspects of your products, from individual features, benefits, and use cases.
When you're one or two people, you're doing all of this as a founder, but the moment you have three or four people on your team, you have to figure out a way to communicate how the product is changing effectively. Otherwise, your prospects, sales, and support won't know that.
🚀 3 SaaS Resources To Check Out From Around The Web
As your SaaS business grows, many adopt a goal-setting framework like OKRs. However, one of the biggest mistakes when implementing OKRs is failing to assign accountability / ownership.
The key to product-led growth is team alignment.
Is it possible to run a 7-figure SaaS business working only 15 hours per week? Here’s how one SaaS founder is doing just that.
🎟 Upcoming MicroConf Events
March 21 - 22, 2023 from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST - MicroConf Remote 6.0 - Level up your SaaS Sales
If you are an under-represented, minoritized, or financially disadvantaged founder and need a little help with the costs of attending our events, check out our MicroConf Scholarship program.
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