The new American Micro-SaaS dream

The examples he mentioned are some deeply technical SaaS, you really need to be into an industry and recognize a problem in order to make a quality product for that industry. Really, really interesting.

The 1M$ ARR solution targeting Unifi installations really hits home on the importance of focusing on solving a concrete problem. It's about building a solution and getting it front and center of the people who have that very problem.

I think the motivation do leave cubicle hell in corporate hell is a real one, but the success of your startup won't be determined by your feelings. Either people will want your product or not.

That example at the end, where Jacob Egger says he works 20 hours a week (4 hours every morning and then picks his kids up from daycare every day at noon), sounds really nice. My problem is that I'd be be wondering how much more I could make if I spent at least 4 more hours a day on something, and I hate that I'm so motivated about how much more I could make at any given time.

Autonomy is the new American Dream. The ability to say "fuck you" to your 8 - 6 p.m. job that you dread is the new American Dream. Creating something that enables you to spend your time as you please is the new American Dream.

So many of my friends feel this and are trying it on their own. Most of them — myself included — will fail a lot but it's in the pursuit of something that is so much more important: Autonomy.

It takes so much work to get there, but I can only imagine that it's the most satisfying thing imaginable.

How much MRR would you need for you to step out of your FT work and live off of your product? I feel like if I hit $7,500 MRR, I would be happy and content enough to quit.

There is a shift happening right now in the workplace: People want freedom. People want purpose.

Becoming a founder allows people to A. Choose the amount that they work, and B. Either create a meaningful product or find meaning in the process of growing the product.

That's why it's such a trendy thing right now. It solves both problems. Or at least it can... It's worth noting that most founders (even micro-saas founders) work more than they did when employed.

Well written. it's true, except that in time it'll be the new global micro-SaaS dream

"I'm somewhat of a microfounder myself".

Fun apart, this is actually a new branch breaking from the traditional work models and good work on it!
Do you have a few tips or tricks, I am working on a SaaS myself yet its a few months apart to see any basic working prototype?

I'd sooner make less money than grow my company to something that requires more of my time and energy. Staying small and flexible is so much more enjoyable than operating a large, cumbersome entity.

These examples in the article are exactly what I want to achieve!

Who knows how many micro-SaaS products exist in niche markets we don't know exist.