I had this idea for a SaaS tool last year and was so convinced it would work. I spent 7 months coding every feature I could think of before showing it to anyone.
Launched. Got 3 sign-ups. Nobody paid.
The worst part? When I finally talked to my target users, they wanted something way simpler - something I could’ve built in 2 weeks.
Second time around:
I built the absolute minimum in 10 days. It looked rough, but it worked. Showed it to 15 people immediately.
Half of them actually used it. I got real feedback, made changes within a week, and people started paying.
What I learned:
Ship fast. Validate early. Every month you spend building alone is probably a month spent building the wrong thing.
If I could redo it, I’d either force myself to launch in 2 weeks or find help to build a quick test version so I could actually learn whether anyone cared.
Anyone else burn months building something nobody wanted?