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How to build a SaaS as a junior?

I know how to build a simple CRUD website.

Most SaaS projects I saw on indie hackers are done by founders that have had previous experience or done work in the field they are building for their current SaaS.

Conclusion #1 - if you want to build a SaaS, build it for something you know.
Conclusion #2 - (a) You must have experience and (not a must if you got (a)) you must have experience with the technology/complexity you're building for (b).

How (as a junior) can I build an actual SaaS if I don't have experience in any specific tech field?

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    Talk to users. Interview 100 people in a field/industry. By the time you get through 100 hours of talking to people, you'll figure out a problem you can solve.

    Even though I run a newsletter I still emailed 100 other newsletters to see if they had the same problem as me. I'm building hypeletter.com

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    If you're worried about technical problems, my suggestion would be to seek out a mentor on somewhere like mentorcruise.com so you have a "dedicated" person you can go to for challenges (could even be product, design etc challenges).

    I'm mentoring a couple of people working on side projects and this seems to be working well for them - most of all i think it helps get them over the barrier of being worried that it might be too difficult for them. Having someone on your side that has been through some / most / all of it really seems to help motivation.

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    Building a SaaS is entrepreneurship on hard mode.

    On a podcast interview with @julian he said ecomm and mobile apps are much easier.

    Figure out what your goal is first, then decide what you want to do.

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      Just watched it. Ecommerce and Mobile apps are not really what i want to do. My goal is to build a SaaS and get monthly revenue.

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        ecomm and mobile apps give monthly revenue.

        You can also invest the money from them.

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          Maybe they do, but that's such a general statement to make..
          Anyhow, I don't know much about mobile app development to begin with.
          And for ecomm I don't think it's a good time to start with, or that is my direction for a saas.

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            Ecomm is booming from what i heard.

            App development is still just development.

            No one questioned my assumptions, it would have been interesting to see what I would have done if they did.

            My guess is you like SaaS because that is all you hear about it is all the hype, I get it I created https://versoly.com/ we help SaaS companies create their marketing sites.

            I just think there must be an easier way than to grind and sacrifice so much for 2-3 years.

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