I decided to make a SaaS of a project I built years ago
A few years ago I was hired as a contractor to build a system for a medium-size corporation here in Brazil. They had dozens of department, with dozens of employees, document types, models etc. Every document were duplicated in many versions and the leaders were not able to track and control the right one.
The solution was to build a system to track all the lifecycle of a document; from the creation to the archiving. In order to create a new document, the user just needed to fill a form with the variables. Then export the final version in PDF or send the link by email.
The users wouldn’t need to send an "open Word file" via email anymore and the leaders would be able to review and approve the right version on the platform. This project became one of the main tools for this company. And I always wanted to build it as a SaaS.
I figured out that this is the right time for me to build it as a side project. The good thing is that I know the short way to build this, since I already did before.
Today I launched the landing page. I would love to get your feedbacks: https://origamidocs.com
I appreciate any insight ;)
Can this be used to develop DFRaaS ( Documents|Forms|Reports as a Service)?
I don't know this term. Can you elaborate?
Cool. Looks like there's two sides to this:
So it looks like much more than a way to "easily create documents".
In my experience, there's a lot of value in this second part so don't short sell it on your landing page.
That's a really great insight! I'll think more about it. Thanks for your feedback :)
Congratulations on launching!
One thing -- and you've probably already checked this -- is to make sure that the contract you signed with them allows you to do this. I recall from my time working at a design agency that the IP of work-for-hire was always assigned to the client, but this was in the US. I would take a close look at any contract/agreement/emails you might have with the company to make sure that you have the rights to the idea. Wouldn't want you to end up in a legal battle when it takes off!
Yeah, that's a good point. But I already checked and I'm covered :)
Thanks for your warning ;)