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Writing the software is the easy part of SaaS.

You're right. But that doesn't make it easy :P

I think a lot of devs think that project management, business sense and marketing (basically everything but development) are easier. I used to think that too. Until I had to start thinking about business strategies, sharing my product and understanding my customers...

If only I could install packages for that kind of stuff IRL.

But you can install packages for that, too. It’s just that you’ve used the wrong terminology. Instead of “install”, it’s called “pay”, and instead of “packages”, it’s “professionals”.

Toward that...

>Go for B2B if you can. Freelancers aren't rich.

You might not love the b2b sales cycle either. Even if you get a whale of a client, you're gonna negotiate hard, probably fork your product for it, and get paid in 180 days if you're lucky.

OP here -- feeling that hard right now. I have another side gig (maybe I'll write about it soon). Working with a company that does ~300mm in revenue and date from contract sent to signed was around 45 days. I was blown away. still haven't been paid either. Hoping I'm embedded after this.

That's heavily dependent on who we are talking about. A solo founder with 20 years of marketing experience but zero programming experience won't find writing the software to be the easy part.

one million percent true.

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