The latest articles on DEV Community by George Kiknadze (@kiknaio). https://dev.to/kiknaio https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F143105%2F70cff451-30e9-4d32-8f82-bd09d576bbc7.jpg https://dev.to/kiknaio en George Kiknadze Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:55:08 +0000 https://dev.to/kiknaio/how-i-started-building-my-first-profitable-startup-2lkg https://dev.to/kiknaio/how-i-started-building-my-first-profitable-startup-2lkg <p>Hey there 👋<br> I started building my first <strong>profitable startup</strong>.<br> Since I started learning coding, I always wanted to build and ship products.<br> Unfortunately, to do that, it's not enough to know how to code or even to know how to build complex software systems.<br> One need a mix of unique skills to be able to ships real product, which could be mix of coding, marketing, product management, business and design. If you think that I know all of that, you're wrong 😁 from my point of view, I know coding and maybe little-bit of business.</p> <h1> I've got a strategy </h1> <p>My strategy can be explained in a very simple way with the bullet points.</p> <ul> <li>Define and build an MVP (Core functionality)</li> <li>Ship often and ship louder (Dev.to, Indiehackers, Reddit and etc.)</li> <li>Don't give a sh*t about a design (Bootstrap my old friend)</li> <li>Don't care about future plans (i18n, complex DB models and etc.)</li> <li>Don't care about awesome infrastructure like: Kubernetes</li> <li>Try to be completely open and let people know what you're building why and what will you achieve.</li> </ul> <p>This is my strategy in a nutshell.</p> <h1> What I'm building </h1> <p>I'm building a SaaS for startups, makers and companies.<br> The platform which I'm currently building with Sails.js will help:</p> <ul> <li>Individuals who have small business and they would like to sell it.</li> <li>Companies who are searching for investments to expand.</li> <li>Small startups who would like to announce their new product/team/idea.</li> <li>People who are searching for seed investment and angel investors who would like to make an investment.</li> </ul> <p>Basically this platform will help companies and individuals to make/expand/buy/sell their businesses.</p> <p>I would love to be #openstartup and share all my stats with you people 🙌 I hope my experience will be interesting for you 😉</p> startup node saas motivation