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How I’d Build a SaaS in 2025 (If I Were Starting From Scratch)

Shayan on April 14, 2025

I’ve built a few SaaS products now. Some worked. Some didn’t. If I had to start again today — clean slate, zero lines of code — this is exactly how...
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Manasina • Edited

Thank you 🙏 , Really helpful.
I actually working on a project right now and almost fell into many of the Trap you mentioned : Complexity and Over engineering things (It's not even stable 😥) , Going Free for Beta and Not even a Care for Marketing.

First comment on the platform 😄.
Again , Thank you 😆.

Will take that into account right away.

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Shayan

I'm glad to hear! :)

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Nwafor Emmanuel

Thank you so much man. Really appreciate this post. Was wondering if your would love to connect, would be an honour to have you guide me, working on a fee things and will need guidance. Thanks 😊

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Ndeye Fatou Diop

Thanks for such valuable feedback. Some of these tips also apply to corporate work

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Pam Stums

Thank you! What do you recommend for a really game changer saas?
I started with various plans, free for small teams and paid plans for larger teams and enterprise.
From
My experience the innovation itself as it is by definition the “unfamiliar” although solves a very painful point, seems to scare first signups.

So according to your experience- and thank you again for sharing- where did I go wrong ? What do you recommend having those first signups?

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Gulab Sagevadiya

First time I am taking something valuable from this platform just because of your highly valuable post about saas.

I did repeatedly same mistake. Only focused on product and ignored marketing completely. Now I understand what have lost in 4 years.

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Taryl

Really helpful info! 👏🏽 We building Lumesys...an AI-powered energy efficiency and optimization SaaS.

Would looooove your feedback on it from the community. I'll pop the site below for review of and P.S. I've literally just signed up for UserJot.

Looks amazing!!

Lumesys site : golumesys.com/

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Nwafor Emmanuel

Thank you so much man. Really appreciate this post. Was wondering if your would love to connect, any way to reach out to you😊

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Shayan

I’m on twitter too! x.com/imsh4yy

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Nwafor Emmanuel

Awesome. I sent you on message on X 😊

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Thomas Dreyer

Brilliant! ty.

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Prof. Bhagat T.C.

I feel liberated from the trap of perfection and big launch. Thanks 🙏

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Mesfin Tegegne

Supper helpful, 🙏

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shadow1349

A very refreshing view of product launches.

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Savas

Such a good, to the point, post! /sign 100%
Do or don't, there is no try!
Stop starting, start finishing!
Just kudos, really good post!

Thanks

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Arnar Valur Jonsson

This article was very insightful to read, thanks. :)

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sadorect

I'm happy to read this today. It's really motivating to move on with my product under development. Thank you

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imfinite 8 • Edited

I feel like chatgpt wrote this like I have a deja vu like feeling of reading this on one of my prompt
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