{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Bootstrapper's Paradise","title":"Please Sell Your B2B SaaS BEFORE You Build It","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":225,"description":"I'm getting more involved with venture building.  As such, I'm seeing more deal flow which shows me where most people are making the biggest mistakes.  Thus far, the biggest one is building before you sell.  9 times out of 10 if you build before you sell then you won't be able to sell that product. \nHow to build a profitable AI driven B2B SaaS for less than $750 - https://nxtstep.io/b2bsaas\nEpisode Transcript\n Hey folks, Sean here, and in this episode I want to talk to you about, again, what I think is the most important thing you can do as a B2B SaaS founder to increase your odds of success. And that's to please sell before you build. So I'm getting involved with venture building now, and that means I'm looking for folks who have ideas that they may want to pursue and turn into a successful B2B SaaS business.\nAs such, I'm seeing more volume of what folks are working on and that's giving me greater insight into the patterns of what's preventing people from being successful. Now, having been down this road myself before, as in having been someone who's built before they sold, and that product, and ultimately the business inevitably failed.\nI've lived this experience. I write about it all the time. I have an email course that walks you through. Precisely how to do this if you're unsure, but by far the biggest thing that you can do to increase your odds of success if you wanna compete in the B2B SAS world is to sell before you build. Let me talk a little bit about why building is very expensive, both capital wise, as in how much money it's going to take and how much budget you'll need to invest.\nAnd time-wise, how long it's gonna take for you to ultimately build whatever the first version of your product is. More importantly, if you build in the wrong direction, most of what most or all of what you've built may be useless because you might be building something you can't sell. Think of it this way.\nLet's say you already have a product and you're considering whether...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/B0rBF_s0upJdRqXoy4_4rHlfSlZONOaHnrUmmpOi708/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kYmIx/MTMxNTExY2VjZjIz/NjEzNWFhNmI4OGZl/ZDliMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}