This is something I'm excited about, as I have the time & interest.
One concern I have though, is coming up with an idea I'm passionate about enough to run with.
Where are these business ideas found? A Ubiquiti host is great one, for example.
One concern I have though, is coming up with an idea I'm passionate about enough to run with.
Where are these business ideas found? A Ubiquiti host is great one, for example.
As I recently wrote in one of the latest newsletters (you'll find it on MicroFounder, called "keep going"):
"It can be easy to abandon your project as soon as you launch and don’t see instant results – be it visitors or paying customers – but I’ve been looking closely how microfounders build their startups for the last 3+ years and I’ve almost never seen a real overnight success."
You can throw some keywords into the Google Keyword Planner tool, and see what people are searching for. Or just run a normal google search for "tools for <industry>" and see what pops up.
Don't be discouraged by competitors. Their existence basically pre-validates the market for you. Just make sure you can differentiate yourself somehow (usually, on price because your product will be less feature rich initially).
And I'll throw this in without any kind of justification: don't make a SaaS for other developers, or lawyers.
Google for "sales safari amy hoy" and you'll find many summaries like https://egghead.io/learn/30x500/sales-safari
And it really boils down to: keep your eyes open when you're reading forums / mailing lists / discord etc. Pay attention to what people complain about, what they say they need or want. And then create products that address that.
This takes hanging out with non-tech people, or at least reading what they write, or what others write about them.