How do I seek for funding to start,? I was thinking of starting with a learning institute then progress into the big thing

@@phormulaone4345 thanks! Why is it difficult to start? I know that it's definitely harder, but maybe it's worth trying!

managing developers would be super helpful 🙏

I am just over 30. I have been developing a saas product and it still needs some developing. I am about to start a family. I really want to make the saas product a world class one. But, it seems I cannot afford to have more developers. I have 3 people in tech. But, I even don't have money to continue them. I am thinking of being the solo tech guy, have a partner for sales and support, get 30% of sales amount and manage the tech. Another option is to work without a partner, hire interns for sales, marketing and support and act through them. I have also been thinking of ditching marketing, sales and further development of this pms, just provide support for current customers and try and build a software development agency for web and mobile applications, also have extra target for an industry in which I would have more experience. Finally last option is to ditch everything and go for a job that I keep as alst resort as I really wish to be a businessman I guess another thing that I can do is try and get funding. Is there any suggetsion that you would like to give to me?

I keep my fingers crossed! 🤞

Why you think nobody will use your saas?

I don't think he meant reusing it wholesale. Perhaps, adapting parts of it to new customers' problems.

Exactly, our clients also own the code. However we have ready code blocks, that we can reuse in every project and our own libraries. For example we work a lot with Amazon's SPI-API. How many different versions of getting the orders function can you write? The app logic is always custom and done from scratch, however our niche knowledge is reused through our own libraries and code blocks :)

I would rather focus on what your clients need and try to scale it as much as possible. What is your niche / industry that you have the most amount of clients?

@@Jakobowsky At the moment it's pretty much only marketing and sales agencies

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Dunn-Kruger effect explains this ignorance

Yep, that was the case 10-15 years ago when it came to typical software house businesses offering outsourcing services. Now, companies that haven’t evolved are dying because no one is leasing developers from them anymore.

I’m not sure what’s trending right now. There are many factors to consider. For example, in Poland, there is currently a significant amount of government funding going into new buildings. As a result, construction companies have plenty of money, making it worthwhile to solve their problems since they can pay immediately. Start by identifying what interests you the most, and then research that industry. Make sure to reach out to some business owners and ask them about their biggest problems - the ones they’re willing to pay to solve. From there, craft your offer to address those specific issues.

You have an agent traverse the code base to build a contextual representation of the system (high level overview, diagrams etc) and this agent rebuilds affected context whenever that contextual area is changed. Then the AI can quickly get an overall understanding of the system and build out/modify more detailed functionality from there. Think fractals 😅

@ sure. I get it. But my statement stands. You’d have to be brave to rely solely on AI for production systems. Would you gamble your job and reputation on it?

I don’t think AI will be able to build a scalable system from scratch on its own anytime soon. But there are more and more tools that make it possible. For example, you can use Lambda functions that scale automatically and run multiple tasks at the same time. There are also DevOps platforms that make it super easy to scale your app. As these tools grow and AI gets smarter, you can combine them to do amazing things. If you learn how to use them well, you could handle big projects all by yourself! :)

@@Jakobowsky already doing that. I’m using Cursor, and man is it close. But not close enough. Case in point: I used Composer in cursor to add a feature, and when I deployed it destroyed the databases in all environments. Minor statement I missed. Also turns out I had backups turned off for the past two weeks, and being a team of one, neglected to remind myself. We all had a laugh 😂😭. Note: it’s not a trivial app, far from it. So the impact was real, given that I’m already a month behind.

I'm also thinking of starting a software development/services company. Let's connect if you want to collaborate.

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Good luck on your new journey 🔥

@@Jakobowsky thanks bro!

Definitely learn how to code first - it's easier than ever with the AI tools that can help you code. Try Github copilot.

Yes, custom software development for the masses is declining. However, custom software development for large-scale solutions and unique challenges is far from dead. AI is helping to address simple issues and write basic code. Use it as leverage, but don’t be afraid. Your business needs to focus on helping others and solving their problems - this is what clients will pay for. Clients don’t care whether you use Technology X or Y; they care about finding a solution to their problem. That’s why it’s easier than ever to start such a business!

Software, for a long time has not been about coding but problem solving. If you focus more on coding and perfecting programming languages, you will most probably struggle in the market. Now, in software industry there are 2 types of businesses, speaking broadly. SAAS and Ready made software or custom solutions. If you talk about SAAS and Ready to made solutions, it includes things like Hubspot, Google Workspace, Slack, even Tinder or Uber. Yes this market is highly competitive, specially B2C products. However in B2B, if you develop a good software, businesses are always ready to pay if you're solving a problem or cutting their costs or saving them time with you solution. Coming to custom solutions, there is still a lot of potential here. Many businesses require custom software. However, in this space I often see new people making the mistake of going with offering Web Development or Flutter Develolment solution. These markets are flooded with competition. If you are new, alway offer custom solution for something which not many software agencies are offering.

And like I said before، AI can help you speed things up but it can never to analytical thinking, problem solving and creative work. AI can still not write perfect code infact, humans are still required. Even if AI writes code, humans are still required to implement them, depoly them and so much more. And even to write code with AI، a human being with technical knowledge is required 😂۔ The only thing AI has done is that where 100 developers were required، now 75 or 80 may be required۔

@shaheer.jameel bro new tools like bolt and V0 dev can impliment and deploy code. Please check.

@@shaheer.jameel naq where 100 developers wwre ewquirwe, now only10

then building eCommerce websites + automations around it might be a good business idea :)

@@Jakobowsky Thanks for the response, Can you please specify what e-commerce niche is good? Most clients just demand a simple Shopify or WordPress store, which is a one-time thing and doesn't build recurring revenue. what eCommerce niche should I focus on that has good demand and recurring revenue

@@SherjeelDev Unfortunately I don't have answer for this. You would need to do a research, speak to different business owner from different niches to see what are their problems and what are they willing to pay to solve them :)

@@Jakobowsky Okay thanks

Why do you think it is hard? Right now it's possible to run the software agency from every place in the world.

I think alot of policies make it hard to start software agency in Nigeria.

here will be fewer and fewer skilled developers as the demand for custom jobs decreases. However, if a custom software project arises, only extremely skilled developers will be needed for the job.

@Jakobowsky I will study how it works. I'm inspired by your startup.

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