🚀 “I automated a painful task, shared it on Reddit, and made my first $99 in 2 days.”
Most devs chase MVPs. But in 2026, MVAs print cash faster.
We’ve all been there.
You have a SaaS idea. You start building an MVP.
Three weeks in, you're still tweaking login flows, onboarding screens, or picking font pairs.
But what if I told you the better path isn’t MVPs?
It’s MVAs: Minimum Valuable Automations — the lazy dev’s secret weapon for building profitable micro-startups.
🧩 What’s an MVA?
A Minimum Valuable Automation is:
- ✅ A tiny, automated task
- ✅ That solves a specific, recurring pain
- ✅ For a niche audience
- ✅ And runs 95% on autopilot
You don’t build a product. You automate a task.
That’s it.
🧪 Example MVAs That Made $$$
Let’s look at real-world examples of MVAs that became profitable micro-products:
Task | Automation | Revenue |
---|---|---|
Format Reddit posts into carousels | GPT + Zapier + Notion | $100+/mo |
Auto-summarize long YouTube videos | Whisper + GPT + Email | $250/mo |
Auto-archive newsletters to Notion | Mailparser + Notion API | $75/mo |
Cold outreach that replies w/ AI | Forms + GPT + Gmail API | $500+/mo |
None of these needed:
- A UI
- A login system
- A mobile app
- A fancy landing page
They just needed one form, one automation, and one Stripe button.
🧠 Why MVA > MVP in 2026
1. Faster to launch
You can build an MVA in 1 day, not 30.
2. Solves real work, not feature lists
You’re not building an app—you’re eliminating a job for someone.
3. Forces niche thinking
You can’t automate for everyone. You have to target a micro-problem, which is what micro-SaaS thrives on.
4. Bots > Code
Zapier, Make, ChatGPT, Notion API, Google Sheets — all let you do more with less.
🧰 How to Build an MVA in Under 24 Hours
This is the exact 6-step playbook I use (and also teach in my course):
- List painful tasks you do (or see others do)
- Search Reddit & forums to validate it’s common
- Use ChatGPT to brainstorm how to automate it
- Build it with Zapier, Make, Notion, Google Sheets, etc.
- Set up Stripe or Gumroad to charge for access
- Launch it in 3 places: Reddit, Product Hunt, your email list
Example:
“Turn long-form content into tweet threads”
Built it in 3 hours → Shared it on r/Entrepreneur → First sale the next morning
🔁 You Can Chain MVAs into Full SaaS Products
Once your MVA gains traction, you can:
- Wrap it in a frontend (Softr, Next.js)
- Add login/auth (Supabase, Clerk)
- Introduce tiers, dashboards, onboarding
- Scale to a full micro-SaaS with users, churn, referrals
The MVA is just the first domino.
🚨 Most Devs Waste Months on MVPs That Never Launch
I did it too.
I’d spend weeks:
- Choosing the perfect tech stack
- Building full CRUD dashboards
- Debating pricing models
But no one ever used the product.
After switching to MVA-first thinking, I built 3 micro-tools that pay me passively — without a “real” product.
🧠 Want to Learn How to Build & Sell MVAs?
I documented everything inside a micro-course I built for people like you:
👉 Launch a Micro SaaS in 10 Days
Inside, I cover:
- MVA templates
- Niche research playbooks
- Automation stack (Zapier, Notion, Stripe)
- Launch blueprints (Reddit + Product Hunt + Email)
🔓 It’s just $1 for the first 50 devs. After that, $99.
If you're tired of building things no one uses, go try this.
🔑 TL;DR
- MVPs are outdated. MVAs are faster, leaner, more profitable.
- Use AI + automation to build tools people actually pay for.
- Launch in 24 hours, not 3 months.
- Don’t code a startup. Automate a job.
💬 What Would You Automate?
Let me know in the comments:
If you had to launch a $10 MVA tomorrow, what problem would you solve?
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