9
1 Comment

3 mistakes to avoid while building your SaaS

Every founder wants to build a world-class SaaS product.

But 95% of the founders repeat these same mistakes.

Here are the 3 mistakes that can become (if you don't fix them) a reason for your SaaS failure:

#1. Lack of monitoring

I know the single thing that developers hate is micro-management of their tasks and I do not like that too.

But you must monitor their tasks because if there's a delay from your side, they will miss deadlines and & milestones.

And it will cause a delay in your SaaS development.

Make sure you are engaging with them on a group call & 1-on-1 call but yeah don't overload the communication.

#2. Code debt

Getting performance issues errors is common due to code debt but to avoid it, you need to conduct weekly code reviews to keep it clean & write tests.

It is always better to deliver a good product with great customer reviews than to deliver an un-attended coded product because of your marketing plans and get your customers frustrated over the bad- app experience.

#3. Information misuse

Copyrights, client information misuse, and breaches are common problems in the industry.

This happens because of 2 reasons:

👉 Because you are saving your client's information in notepads & chrome which can easily be accessed online.

👉 Not having NDA signed by every team member who's working on the project.

Also, use a free password manager like Bitwarden to keep your all passwords secure and make sure the project manager is updating all the passwords in the SaaS.

And if you are working with freelancers, make sure they give you every document related to your product.

Is there anything I missed? Any mistake you did that you wanna share?

on November 7, 2022
  1. 1

    Great list! I find the point on technical debt especially important. Before I start coding, I like to write up a design doc so I have a better understanding of the technical decisions I’ll have to make.