SaaS is hard!

Ramsri Goutham
2 min readApr 20, 2024

Just identifying a problem doesn’t cut it!

SaaS — Software as a Service

SaaS is not about identifying a problem.

  1. You need to identify a problem that someone is willing to pay for solving.

2. You need to identify a problem that someone is willing to pay for solving and is recurring.

3. You need to identify a problem that someone is willing to pay for solving, is recurring, and can be addressed with a software solution.

4. You need to identify a problem that someone is willing to pay for solving, is recurring, can be addressed with a software solution, and has a large enough market to build a sustainable business around.

5. You need to identify a problem that someone is willing to pay for solving, is recurring, can be addressed with a software solution, has a large enough market to build a sustainable business around, and that you and your team are passionate about solving.

6. You need to identify a problem that someone is willing to pay for solving, is recurring, can be addressed with a software solution, has a large enough market to build a sustainable business around, that you are passionate about solving, and that you can envision yourself working on for the long term.

7. You need to identify a problem that someone is willing to pay for solving, is recurring, can be addressed with a software solution, has a large enough market to build a sustainable business around, that you are passionate about solving, and that you can envision yourself working on for the long term without being killed by the next OpenAI update!

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